Scattered Among The Peoples

by Levine, Allan

• ISBN13: 9781585676064
• ISBN10: 1585676063
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Overlook Pr

Summary

A history of twelve defining moments in the Jewish Diaspora offers a human perspective on eight hundred years of persecution and forced migration, focusing on twelve individuals who witnessed some of its key events. Reprint.

Table of Contents

Introduction: EXILE AND DISPERSION	1	(294)
1: SEPHARDIM
Seville, 1492	15	(36)
2: THE GHETTO
Venice, 1516	51	(28)
3: PHYSICIANS, POETS, AND A FALSE MESSIAH
Constantinople, 1666	79	(34)
4: THE PORTUGUESE NA~AO
Amsterdam, 1700	113	(28)
5: COURT JEWS
Vienna, 1730	141	(28)
6: THE AGE OF EMANCIPATION
Frankfurt, 1848	169	(30)
7: THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT
St. Petersburg, 1881	199	(32)
8: L'AFFAIRE
Paris, 1895	231	(30)
9: THE GOLDEN LAND
New York, 1913	261	(34)
10: THE GERMAN-JEWISH 'SYMBIOSIS'
Berlin, 1925	295	(30)
11: THE JERUSALEM OF LITHUANIA
Vilna, 1944	325	(36)
12: ZIONISTS AND SOVIETS
Kiev, 1967	361	(34)
Conclusion: THE DIASPORA IN 2003	395	(14)
Notes	409	(30)
Selected Bibliography	439	(15)
Acknowledgements	454	(7)
Index	461