Physical Description
xii, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : comparing Jewish societies / Todd M. Endelman
Religious syncretism and religious distinctiveness : a comparative analysis of pre-modern Jewish communities / Stephen Sharot
Jewish millennial-messianic movements : a comparison of medieval communities / Stephen Sharot
Enlightenment and emancipation : German Jewry's formative age in comparative perspective / David Sorkin
The modern Jewish diaspora : East European Jews in New York, London, and Paris / Nancy L. Green
The importance of place : comparative aspects of the ritual murder trial in modern Central Europe / Hillel J. Kieval
Andean two-step : the encounter between Bolivians and Central European Jewish refugees / Leo Spitzer
Colonization and decolonization : the case of Zionist and African elites / Dan V. Segre
Railway workers and relational history : Arabs and Jews in British-ruled Palestine / Zachary Lockman
The viability of ethnic democracy as a mode of conflict management : comparing Israel and Northern Ireland / Sammy Smooha
Religion and communal life in an evolutionary-functional perspective : the orthodox kibbutzim / Aryei Fishman
The situational analysis of religious change revisited / Shlomo Deshen.
Other Authors/Editors
Endelman, Todd M.
ISBN
0472095927
0472065920 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : comparing Jewish societies / Todd M. Endelman -- Religious syncretism and religious distinctiveness : a comparative analysis of pre-modern Jewish communities / Stephen Sharot -- Jewish millennial-messianic movements : a comparison of medieval communities / Stephen Sharot -- Enlightenment and emancipation : German Jewry's formative age in comparative perspective / David Sorkin -- The modern Jewish diaspora : East European Jews in New York, London, and Paris / Nancy L. Green -- The importance of place : comparative aspects of the ritual murder trial in modern Central Europe / Hillel J. Kieval -- Andean two-step : the encounter between Bolivians and Central European Jewish refugees / Leo Spitzer -- Colonization and decolonization : the case of Zionist and African elites / Dan V. Segre -- Railway workers and relational history : Arabs and Jews in British-ruled Palestine / Zachary Lockman -- The viability of ethnic democracy as a mode of conflict management : comparing Israel and Northern Ireland / Sammy Smooha -- Religion and communal life in an evolutionary-functional perspective : the orthodox kibbutzim / Aryei Fishman -- The situational analysis of religious change revisited / Shlomo Deshen.
