Kategoria BISAC: History >> Jewish - General

The history of the Jewish community in Canada says as much about the development of the nation as it does about the Jewish people. Spurred on by upheavals in Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Jews emigrated to the Dominion of Canada, which was then considered little more than a British satellite state. Over the ensuing decades, as the Canadian Jewish identity was forged, Canada itself underwent the transformative experience of separating itself from Britain and distinguishing itself from the United States. In this light, the Canadian Jewish identity...

The history of the Jewish community in Canada says as much about the development of the nation as it does about the Jewish people. Spurred on by upheavals in Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Jews emigrated to the Dominion of Canada, which was then considered little more than a British satellite state. Over the ensuing decades, as the Canadian Jewish identity was forged, Canada itself underwent the transformative experience of separating itself from Britain and distinguishing itself from the United States. In this light, the Canadian Jewish identity...

An insightful history of Churchill's lifelong commitment--both public and private--to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to anti-Semitism

Winston Churchill's commitment to Jewish rights, to Zionism, and ultimately to the State of Israel never wavered. In 1922, he established on the bedrock of international law the right of Jews to emigrate to Palestine. During his meeting with David Ben-Gurion in 1960, Churchill presented the Israeli prime minister with an article he had written about Moses, praising the patriarch. In between these events he fought harder...

Mit Ludwig Feuchtwangers Judischer Geschichte ist ein bislang unpubliziert gebliebenes Werk judischer Historiographie zu entdecken. Der Autor, Verleger bei Duncker & Humblot und Bruder von Lion Feuchtwanger, behandelt in dem unvollendeten, gleichwohl vom Autor selbst zum Druck bestimmten Text die Zeit von 1200 v.u.Z. bis 1250 n.u.Z. Dabei nimmt er viele paradigmatische Gestalten der judischen Geschichte (wie Philon und Maimonides) in den Blick und betont die zentrale Bedeutung der Religion fur die "Selbstbehauptung" des Judentums in seiner Geschichte. Im historischen Spiegel...