A collection of essays in honor of Salo Wittmayer Baron, on various topics relating to the history of Jewish life and thought. Topics include the dawn of history, correspondence of Tobias Ben Moses of Constantinople, the clockmakers' strike of 1910, the Jewish communal crisis during the Nazi regime in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, Jewish immigrants in London in the 1880s, and others.

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Information

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9780231881739

Edition

Topic

History

Subtopic

Jewish History

Index

History

EDITORS' PREFACE
THE HISTORIC QUEST
CONTENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF SALO WITTMAYER BARON
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF TOBIAS BEN MOSES THE KARAITE OF CONSTANTINOPLE
TOWARD THE DAWN OF HISTORY
THE MESSIANIC SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF ABRAHAM ABULAFIA: A TENTATIVE EVALUATION
THE CLOAKMAKERS' STRIKE OF 1910
TRADITION AND INNOVATION
FELIX LIBERTATÉ AND THE EMANCIPATION OF DUTCH JEWRY
AMERICAN JEWRY—REFLECTIONS ON SOCIAL, COMMUNAL, AND SPIRITUAL TRENDS
MORALITY AND RELIGION IN THE THEOLOGY OF MAIMONIDES
AN AMERICAN JEW AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE OF 1919: EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF OSCAR S. STRAUS
THE LAFAYETTE COMMITTEE FOR JEWISH EMANCIPATION
THE BACKGROUND OF THE BERLIN HASKALAH
ASPECTS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNAL CRISIS IN THE PERIOD OF THE NAZI REGIME IN GERMANY AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA
JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON IN THE 1880's
DOES THE JEWISH PAST HAVE A FUTURE?
AN AMERICAN ANTI-SEMITE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
FLIGHT FROM THE SLUMS
WELLHAUSEN'S INTERPRETATION OF ISRAEL'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY: A REAPPRAISAL OF HIS RULING IDEAS
THE JEWISH ASSOCIATION IN AMERICA
ON MARRIAGE IN ALALAKH
DOCTOR SAMUEL JOHNSON'S GRAMMAR AND HEBREW PSALTER
TYPES OF LECTURES IN THE BABYLONIAN ACADEMIES
A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO THE HALACHAH
SOME ATTITUDES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY REFORM LAYMEN
ON THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF YIDDISH RIME
"IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE!" AN EPISODE IN THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE TERRITORIAL UNIFICATION OF FRANCONIAN JEWRY IN THE MID-FIFTEENTH CENTURY