Colonialism and the Jews / edited by Ethan B. Katz, Lisa Moses Leff, and Maud S. Mandel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Engaging colonial history and Jewish history / Ethan B. Katz, Lisa Moses Leff, Maud S. Mandel -- Part 1. Subjects and agents of Empire -- 2. The "Oriental Jews" of the Maghreb: reinventing the North African Jewish past in the colonial era / Colette Zytnicki -- 3. The rise of German imperialism and the German Jewish engagement in Islamic studies / Susannah Heschel -- 4. Not the retiring kind: Jewish colonials in England in the mid-nineteenth century / Adam Mendelsohn -- 5. Oriental, feminist, orientalist: the new Jewish woman / Frances Malino -- 6. Jews in the crosshairs of Empire: a Franco-Russian comparison / Israel Bartal -- Part 2. Jews in colonial politics -- 7. Crémieux's children: Joseph Reinach, Léon Blum, and René Cassin as Jews of French empire / Ethan B. Katz -- 8. Zionism, emigration, and East European colonialism / Tara Zahra -- 9. Zionism and the British Labour Party / David Feldman -- 10. Vichy in Morocco: the residency, Mohammed V, and his indigenous Jewish subjects / Daniel Schroeter -- 11. The politics of street riots: anti-Jewish violence in Tunisia before decolonization / Maud S. Mandel -- Part 3. Zionism and colonialism -- 12. Is Zionism a colonial movement? / Derek J. Penslar -- 13. Derek Penslar's "Algebra of modernity": how should we understand the relation between Zionism and colonialism? / Joshua Cole -- 14. Moving Zionism to Asia: texts and tactics of colonial settlement, 1917-1921 / Elizabeth F. Thompson -- 15. What we talk about when we talk about colonialism: a response to Joshua Cole and Elizabeth Thompson / Derek J. Penslar.

"The lively essays collected here explore colonial history, culture, and thought as it intersects with Jewish studies. Connecting the Jewish experience with colonialism to mobility and exchange, diaspora, internationalism, racial discrimination, and Zionism, the volume presents the work of Jewish historians who recognize the challenge that colonialism brings to their work and sheds light on the diverse topics that reflect the myriad ways that Jews engaged with empire in modern times. Taken together, these essays reveal the interpretive power of the "Imperial Turn" and present a rethinking of the history of Jews in colonial societies in light of postcolonial critiques and destabilized categories of analysis. A provocative discussion forum about Zionism as colonialism is also included"-- Provided by publisher.

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