Leaving the Jewish Fold : Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History /
Endelman, Todd
Leaving the Jewish Fold : Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History / Todd Endelman. - Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only - 1 online resource (440 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Conversion in Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- 2 Conversion in the Age of Enlightenment and Emancipation -- 3 Conversion in the Age of Illiberalism -- 4 Defection and Drift -- 5 Integration and Intermarriage -- 6 Conversions of Conviction -- 7 Neither Jew nor Christian -- 8 In Baptism’s Wake -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Between the French Revolution and World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jews left the Jewish fold—by becoming Christians or, in liberal states, by intermarrying. Telling the stories of both famous and obscure individuals, Leaving the Jewish Fold explores the nature of this drift and defection from Judaism in Europe and America from the eighteenth century to today. Arguing that religious conviction was rarely a motive for Jews who became Christians, Todd Endelman shows that those who severed their Jewish ties were driven above all by pragmatic concerns—especially the desire to escape the stigma of Jewishness and its social, occupational, and emotional burdens.Through a detailed and colorful narrative, Endelman considers the social settings, national contexts, and historical circumstances that encouraged Jews to abandon Judaism, and factors that worked to the opposite effect. Demonstrating that anti-Jewish prejudice weighed more heavily on the Jews of Germany and Austria than those living in France and other liberal states as early as the first half of the nineteenth century, he reexamines how Germany's political and social development deviated from other European states. Endelman also reveals that liberal societies such as Great Britain and the United States, which tolerated Jewish integration, promoted radical assimilation and the dissolution of Jewish ties as often as hostile, illiberal societies such as Germany and Poland.Bringing together extensive research across several languages, Leaving the Jewish Fold will be the essential work on conversion and assimilation in modern Jewish history for years to come.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691004792 9781400866380
10.1515/9781400866380 doi
Christian converts from Judaism--History.
Christian converts from Judaism--History.--Europe
Jews--Conversion to Christianity--History.
Jews--Conversion to Christianity--History.--Europe
Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
Jews--Cultural assimilation--Europe.
Jews--Cultural assimilation.
Jews--Identity.
Jews--Identity.--Europe
HISTORY / Jewish.
Acculturation. American Jews. Antisemitism (authors). Antisemitism. Apostasy. Arthur Ruppin. Benjamin Disraeli. Bourgeoisie. British Jews. Career. Catholic Church. Catholicism. Central Europe. Christendom. Christian. Christianity and Judaism. Christianity. Clergy. Conscription. Conversion to Judaism. Court Jew. Defection. Dominican Order. Dowry. Early modern Europe. Early modern period. Eastern Europe. Emigration. Enthusiasm. Exclusion. Gemeinde. Gentile. Germans. Haskalah. Heinrich Heine. His Family. Jewish Christian. Jewish education. Jewish emancipation. Jewish history. Jewish name. Jews. Judaism. Literature. Lithuania. Lutheranism. May Laws. Messianic Judaism. Middle Ages. Military service. Missionary (LDS Church). Missionary. Modernity. Nazi Germany. Nazism. New Christian. New Israel. North America. Notion (ancient city). Novelist. Obstacle. Old Christian. On the Jewish Question. Orthodox Judaism. Pale of Settlement. Persecution. Philosophy. Physician. Piety. Pogrom. Prejudice. Protestantism. Prussia. Rabbi. Rabbinic Judaism. Reform Judaism. Refugee. Religion. Rosh Hashanah. Secular education. Secularization. Seminary. Sephardi Jews. Social status. Spirituality. Spouse. Stereotypes of Jews. Superiority (short story). Tax. Theology. Toleration. Victorian era. Walther Rathenau. Western Europe. Western world. Women in Judaism. World War I. World War II. Yiddish. Zionism.
BV2620
248.2/4608992404
Leaving the Jewish Fold : Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History / Todd Endelman. - Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only - 1 online resource (440 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Conversion in Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- 2 Conversion in the Age of Enlightenment and Emancipation -- 3 Conversion in the Age of Illiberalism -- 4 Defection and Drift -- 5 Integration and Intermarriage -- 6 Conversions of Conviction -- 7 Neither Jew nor Christian -- 8 In Baptism’s Wake -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Between the French Revolution and World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jews left the Jewish fold—by becoming Christians or, in liberal states, by intermarrying. Telling the stories of both famous and obscure individuals, Leaving the Jewish Fold explores the nature of this drift and defection from Judaism in Europe and America from the eighteenth century to today. Arguing that religious conviction was rarely a motive for Jews who became Christians, Todd Endelman shows that those who severed their Jewish ties were driven above all by pragmatic concerns—especially the desire to escape the stigma of Jewishness and its social, occupational, and emotional burdens.Through a detailed and colorful narrative, Endelman considers the social settings, national contexts, and historical circumstances that encouraged Jews to abandon Judaism, and factors that worked to the opposite effect. Demonstrating that anti-Jewish prejudice weighed more heavily on the Jews of Germany and Austria than those living in France and other liberal states as early as the first half of the nineteenth century, he reexamines how Germany's political and social development deviated from other European states. Endelman also reveals that liberal societies such as Great Britain and the United States, which tolerated Jewish integration, promoted radical assimilation and the dissolution of Jewish ties as often as hostile, illiberal societies such as Germany and Poland.Bringing together extensive research across several languages, Leaving the Jewish Fold will be the essential work on conversion and assimilation in modern Jewish history for years to come.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691004792 9781400866380
10.1515/9781400866380 doi
Christian converts from Judaism--History.
Christian converts from Judaism--History.--Europe
Jews--Conversion to Christianity--History.
Jews--Conversion to Christianity--History.--Europe
Jews--Conversion to Christianity.
Jews--Cultural assimilation--Europe.
Jews--Cultural assimilation.
Jews--Identity.
Jews--Identity.--Europe
HISTORY / Jewish.
Acculturation. American Jews. Antisemitism (authors). Antisemitism. Apostasy. Arthur Ruppin. Benjamin Disraeli. Bourgeoisie. British Jews. Career. Catholic Church. Catholicism. Central Europe. Christendom. Christian. Christianity and Judaism. Christianity. Clergy. Conscription. Conversion to Judaism. Court Jew. Defection. Dominican Order. Dowry. Early modern Europe. Early modern period. Eastern Europe. Emigration. Enthusiasm. Exclusion. Gemeinde. Gentile. Germans. Haskalah. Heinrich Heine. His Family. Jewish Christian. Jewish education. Jewish emancipation. Jewish history. Jewish name. Jews. Judaism. Literature. Lithuania. Lutheranism. May Laws. Messianic Judaism. Middle Ages. Military service. Missionary (LDS Church). Missionary. Modernity. Nazi Germany. Nazism. New Christian. New Israel. North America. Notion (ancient city). Novelist. Obstacle. Old Christian. On the Jewish Question. Orthodox Judaism. Pale of Settlement. Persecution. Philosophy. Physician. Piety. Pogrom. Prejudice. Protestantism. Prussia. Rabbi. Rabbinic Judaism. Reform Judaism. Refugee. Religion. Rosh Hashanah. Secular education. Secularization. Seminary. Sephardi Jews. Social status. Spirituality. Spouse. Stereotypes of Jews. Superiority (short story). Tax. Theology. Toleration. Victorian era. Walther Rathenau. Western Europe. Western world. Women in Judaism. World War I. World War II. Yiddish. Zionism.
BV2620
248.2/4608992404