TY - BOOK AU - Hyman,Paula TI - The Jews of modern France T2 - Jewish communities in the modern world SN - 9780520919297 AV - DS135.F8 H96 1998eb U1 - 944/.004924 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Jews KW - France KW - History KW - HISTORY KW - bisacsh KW - Ethnic relations KW - fast KW - Middle East KW - hilcc KW - Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East KW - History & Archaeology KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21221 ER -