"The last two centuries have witnessed a radical transformation of Jewish life. Marked by such profound events as the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel, Judaism's long journey through the modern age has been a complex and tumultuous one, leading many Jews to ask themselves not only where they have been and where they are going, but what it means to be a Jew in today's world. Tracing the Jewish experience in the moder ..."
"A collection of 200 essays, by wellknown and unknown Jews and non-Jews, inquiring into the Jewish identity, anti-Semitism, the Russian and American experiences, and the Holocaust Amazon.com description: Product Description: This second edition is an expanded and diverse collection of primary materials that trace Jewish experience in the modern period and illustrate the transformation of Jewish religion and culture and identity beginning ..."
Fatherland or Promised Land(1st Edition) by JehudaReinharz Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 1976 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-76500-3, ISBN: 0-472-76500-0
"Fatherland or Promised Land traces the history of the two major organizations formed by German Jews to deal with the contradictions between emancipation and anti-Semitism. Each organization developed its own equilibrium between the two claims on German Jewry's loyalty: Deutschtum and Judentum; and it was in this period that the great personalities of Jewish liberalism and Zionism emerged. The debate was not resolved until the Nazis deci ..."
"Verlasset Euch nicht allein auf die Thätigkeit des Central-Comites der Alliance 2,
daß Ihr meinet, damit Eurer Pflicht genügt zu haben, ... sich zur Rettung Israels
zeigt und welche sich allein, (sonderbarerweise!) der Beachtung des 2 „Alliance
Isra^lite Universelle." Eine jüdische Wohltätigkeits-, Erziehungs- und
Abwehrorganisation mit Hauptsitz in Paris; in vielen Teilen Europas, Asiens und
Afrikas tätig."