Jewish Bridges: East to West

by Michael Cohn

Overview

Since 1648, Eastern Jews have moved west in large numbers. They brought with them skills learned in ghettos that could be adapted to fit social problems and commercial niches in the industrialized societies of the west. Jews from Eastern Europe played a particularly strong role in the fields of social work, the fur trade, textiles, and entertainment. They have also played a major part in the ideologies of Zionism and Marxism. This book examines the migration of Jews from the east and describes the roles they have taken in the west.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275954635
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/1996
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

MICHAEL COHN is Adjunct Anthropologist at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City and a guest lecturer at the University of Leipzig and Schiller University, Jena, Germany. He has spent twenty-five years teaching at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. His other publications include Jews in Germany 1945-1993 (Praeger, 1994).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Eastern Setting
Pressures on Eastern European Jewry
The Migration of Ideas
The Fur Business
Cloth and Clothing
The Music Makers
From Badkhen to Hollywood
Images of the Ghetto
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Cohn (international lecturer and adjunct anthropologist, Yeshiva U. Museum, New York City) provides a history of Jewish migration, beginning in the 14th century and continuing today, emphasizing a history of both cultural adaptation and nonassimilation. Includes a glossary of Yiddish, German, and Hebrew words. B&w illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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