Tragedy of a Generation The Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe

Name: Tragedy of a Generation The Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
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ISBN: 9780674072855

ISBN-10: 0674072855

ISBN-13: 9780674072855

Edition: 2013

Authors: Joshua M. Karlip

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The Tragedy of a Generation is the story of the rise and fall of an ideal: an autonomous Jewish nation in Europe. It traces the origins of two influential but overlooked strains of Jewish thought—Yiddishism and Diaspora Nationalism—and documents the waning hopes and painful reassessments of their leading representatives against the rising tide of Nazism and, later, the Holocaust.Joshua M. Karlip presents three figures—Elias Tcherikower, Yisroel Efroikin, and Zelig Kalmanovitch—seen through the lens of Imperial Russia on the brink of revolution. Leaders in the struggle for recognition of the Jewish people as a national entity, these men would prove instrumental in formulating the politics of…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/15/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 1.606

Joshua M. Karlip is Assistant Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University.



A Word about Transliteration


Introduction



Diaspora Nationalism and Yiddishism in Late Imperial Russia



Catastrophe and Renaissance during World War I



Losing Russia as a Base



At the Crossroads



The Holocaust


Conclusion


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index