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The Jews of modern France / Paula E. Hyman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520919297
  • 0520919297
  • 0585178348
  • 9780585178349
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jews of modern France.DDC classification:
  • 944/.004924 21
LOC classification:
  • DS135.F8 H96 1998eb
Online resources:
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.

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.

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English.

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