Jewish studies and the European academic world : plenary lectures read at the VIIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS), Amsterdam, July 2002 / [edited by] Albert van der Heide and Irene E. Zwiep.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Albert van der Heide and Irene E. Zwiep -- Order and discipline in the Portuguese synagogue of Amsterdam / Yosef Kaplan -- The ancient modernity of the liturgical music of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam / Edwin Seroussi -- The Spanish contribution to Jewish studies / Angel Sáenz-Badillos -- Jewish studies in the Italian academic world / Mauro Perani -- 'Judaistik' between 'Wissenschaft' and 'Judische Studien' Jewish studies in post-WWII Germany / Michael Brocke -- Hebrew and Jewish studies in the Netherlands : a brief encounter? / Irene E. Zwiep -- Jewish studies in Central and Eastern Europe today / Stefan Schreiner -- Jewish studies in Eastern and East-Central Europe : a historical perspective / Rashid Kaplanov -- Hebrew and Jewish studies in Great Britain / Nicholas de Lange -- Jewish studies at the European cross-roads / Diana Pinto.