The Jews of modern France
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
History
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations
9780520919297, 9780585178349, 0520919297, 0585178348
44955842
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
English