The Jews in Poland - Hardcover

Polonsky, Antony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631148574 ISBN 13: 9780631148579

Publisher: Blackwell Publishers, 1986

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By the end of the 17th century probably three quarters of world Jewry dwelt within the borders of the Polish republic, which became not only a haven from persecution but the centre of a flourishing Jewish culture. This culture survived the decline and partition of the Polish state and in the 19th century became the seedbed for the intellectual movements that were to transform the Jewish world - zionism, secularism, socialism and neo-orthodoxy. With the development of mass emigration from the late 19th century onwards, the influence of Jews from the former Polish Republic was carried to Western Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australasia.

The Jews in Poland focuses on the relationship of the Jews to the other peoples with whom they lived - sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict - to offer a general outline of the most significant factors in the evolution of Jewish life in Poland from the beginnings of Jewish settlement to the present day.

About the Author:

Chimen Abramsky respectively former Goldsmith Professor of Jewish History, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0631148574
• ISBN 13: 9780631148579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Jachimczyk Maciej