The Jews of modern France / Paula E. Hyman.

By:

Hyman, Paula, 1946-2011

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Jewish communities in the modern world ; 1.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520919297
0520919297
0585178348
9780585178349

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jews of modern France.DDC classification:

944/.004924 21

LOC classification:

DS135.F8 H96 1998eb

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Contents:

Before the revolution -- The French Revolution and the emancipation of the Jews -- The Napoleonic synthesis -- Acculturation and mobility -- French Jews and world jewry -- Antisemitism and the Dreyfus Affair -- Immigration and the remaking of French jewry, 1881-1918 -- Between two world wars: the inescapable impact of economics and politics -- The Holocaust in France -- A renewed community.

Summary: The book explores the complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the revolution to the present. The author shows how French Jews have embraced the opportunities of integration and acculturation, redefined their identities, and adapted their Judaism to the pragmatic and ideological demands of the time.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.

The book explores the complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the revolution to the present. The author shows how French Jews have embraced the opportunities of integration and acculturation, redefined their identities, and adapted their Judaism to the pragmatic and ideological demands of the time.