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The Jewish Experience in the Czech Lands

Hillel J. Kieval

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University of California Press
26 December 2000

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Religion & beliefs; Judaism; Jewish studies

With a keen eye for revealing details, Hillel J. Kieval examines the contours and distinctive features of Jewish experience in the lands of Bohemia and Moravia (the present-day Czech Republic), from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century. In the Czech lands, Kieval writes, Jews have felt the need constantly to define and articulate the nature of group identity, cultural loyalty, memory, and social cohesiveness, and the period of ""modernizing"" absolutism, which began in 1780, brought changes of enormous significance. From that time forward, new relationships with Gentile society and with the culture of the state blurred the traditional outlines of community and individual identity. Kieval navigates skillfully among histories and myths as well as demography, biography, culture, and politics, illuminating the maze of allegiances and alliances that have molded the Jewish experience during these 200 years.

By: Hillel J. Kieval
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780520214101
ISBN 10: 0520214102
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 26 December 2000
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hillel J. Kieval is Gloria M. Goldstein Professor of Jewish History and Thought at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of The Making of Czech Jewry (1988) and Blood Inscriptions, a forthcoming study of the modern ritual murder trial.