HIST 235 - East European Jewry, 1772-1939: Adaptation, Innovation, and Crisis

Next Offered: 2008-09
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

This course explores the transformation of East European Jewry from the partitions of Poland through the rise of the Soviet Union and the facsist regimes of interwar Poland. Studies include: the Musar and Jewish enlightenment movements; government Jewry policies and Jewish responses; economic and demographic change; Jewish nationalism, Jewish socialism; Jewish political parties and strategies; the birth of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature; massive emigration; and Jewish strategies under overtly anti-Jewish regimes in the interwar period.
Instructor: S. Magnus
Cross Reference/Cross Listing Information
This course is cross-listed with JWST 235.