Between the French Revolution and World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jews left the Jewish fold--by becoming Christians or, in liberal states, by intermarrying. Telling the stories of both famous a
"Elegantly crafted, studded with carefully balanced and shrewd judgments, and brimming with original and intelligent observations."--David B. Ruderman, author of Jewish Enlightenment in an English Key
The movement from tradition to modernity engulfed all of the Jewish communities in the West, but hitherto historians have concentrated on the intellectual revolution in Germany by Moses Mendelssohn in
The late Israel Finestein was an outstanding lawyer, historian and lay leader of the British Jewish community. This book of essays by his nephew, Colin Lang, in part an evocation, in part a continuati
Life's Little Lessons is about a caterpillar and his misadventures until he discovers that we can make choices that bring about our own happiness. This is an inspirational story with heart-felt illust
The subject of Disraeli's jewishness was one that obsessed contemporaries but was subsequently downplayed by historians and others until very recently. The essays in this volume provide a new perspect
