The Jews of Modern France : Images and Identities

The Jews Of Modern France: Images And Identities Synthesizes Much Of The Original Research On Modern French Jewish History Published Over The Last Decade. Themes Include Jewish Self-representation And Discursive Frameworks, Cultural Continuity And Rupture From The Eve Of Emancipation To The Contemporary Period, And The Impact Of France's Role As A Colonial Power. This Volume Also Explores The Overlapping Boundaries Between The Very Categories Of Jewish And French. As A Whole, This Volume Focuses On The Shifting Boundaries Between Inner-directed And Outer-directed Jewish Concerns, Behaviors, And Attitudes In France Over The Course Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries. Contributors Highlight The Fluidity Of French Jewish Identity, Demonstrating That There Is No Fine Line Between Communal Insider And Outsider Or Between An Internal And External Jewish Concern-- Introduction / Zvi Jonathan Kaplan, Nadia Malinovich -- Part 1. Historiography. The Jews Of Modern France : A Historiographical Essay / Daniella Doron -- Part 2. Jewish Integration, Jewish Distinctiveness. The Trial Of Jacob Benjamin, Supplier To The French Army, 1792-93 / Ronald Schechter -- Reading, Writing, And Religion : The Education Of Working-class Jewish Girls In Paris, 1822-1914 / Jennifer Sartori -- A Jurisprudential Quandary : Jewish Marriage In Post-separation France / Zvi Jonathan Kaplan -- Affirming Difference, Confirming Integration : New Forms Of Sociability Among French Jews In The 1920s / Nadia Malinovich. Part 3. Jews And Politics, Jewish Politics. Jews, Liberals And The Civilizing Mission In Nineteenth-century France / Lisa Moses Leff -- Jewish Anticlericalism In Germany And France : A Transnational Polemic / Ari Joskowicz -- Shaping Children's Lives : American Jewish Aid In Post-world War Ii France (1944-1948) / Laura Hobson Faure -- The French Jewish Community Speaks To You With One Voice : Dissent And The Shaping Of French Jewish Politics Since World War Ii / Ethan B. Katz, Maud S. Mandel -- A Jewish-muslim Battle On The World Stage : Constantine, Algeria 1956 / Jessica Hammerman. Part 4. Imagining Jews, Performing Jewishness. Thinking The Jew Through The Turbulent Nineteenth Century : The Idea Of Rachel / Julie Kalman -- Disunity In Death : Jewish Funerals In The Jewish Press In Mid-nineteenth Century Paris / Jeffrey Haus -- Not As Simple As Bonjour : Synagogue Building In Nineteenth-century Paris / Saskia Coenen Snyder -- Reimagining Jewish-muslim Relations On Screen : French-jewish Filmmakers And The Middle East Conflict / Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall -- Defining France And Defending Israel : Romantic Nationalism And The Paradoxes Of French Jewish Belonging / Kimberly A. Arkin. Edited By Zvi Jonathan Kaplan And Nadia Malinovich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.