Reappraising the history of the Jews in the Netherlands. ()

• Record Type: Book
• Editors: Blom, J.C.H; Wertheim, David J; Berg, Hetty; Wallet, Bart T
• Other Names: McKay, David translator.
• Contents: List of illustrationsEditorial noteList of abbreviations Introduction IVO SCHÖFFER 1. The Middle Ages B. M. J. SPEETFirst Signs of a Jewish Presence The Northern Netherlands Violent Persecution Gelderland in the Fifteenth Century Discrimination and Expulsion The Christian Origins of Antisemitism Fresh Accusations In Search of an Explanation 2. Between the Middle Ages and the Golden Age, 1516–1621 DANIEL M. SWETSCHINSKIJews in the Holy Roman Empire The Iberian Background Portuguese New Christians in Antwerp The Attitude of Humanists and Reformers to Jews and Judaism The Toleration Debate and the Jews Portuguese New Christians in Holland Four Christian Views of Jews The Growth of the Sephardi Colony in Amsterdam The Future Still Uncertain 3. The Republic of the United Netherlands until about 1750: Demography and Economic Activity JONATHAN I. ISRAELThe Early Decades, 1595–1648 Expansion and Colonization The Burgeoning of Commerce and of the Credit System, 1648–1713 Growing Population Figures During the Period of Economic Decline, 1713–1750 4. The Jews in the Republic until about 1750: Religious, Cultural, and Social Life YOSEF KAPLANThe Organization of the Community Three Congregations The Influx of Paupers The Power of the Mahamad New Synagogues Sephardim and Ashkenazim outside Amsterdam Religious Life: Tradition and Change A Good Education Ashkenazi Life Jewish Printers in Amsterdam The Shabbatean Movement in Amsterdam Influential Rabbis Culture and Secular Creativity Literature and the Stage Everyday Life Ideological Conflicts Relations between Jews and Christians Jewish Stereotypes 5. Enlightenment and Emancipation, c.1750–1814 RENATE G. FUKS-MANSFELDGood Citizens Demographic Changes and Emigration Economic Changes The Administration of the Jewish Communities Administrative Changes after 1796 Religious and Cultural Life 6. Arduous Adaptation, 1814–1870 RENATE G. FUKS-MANSFELDThe Government and the Jews Education The Reorganization of the Jewish Communities after 1848 The Government and Jews under Threat Abroad Dutch Jews as Citizens Economic and Social Changes The Attitude of Protestants and Catholics towards Jews Cultural and Religious Trends Reactions to the New Jewish Fellow-Citizens 7. Jewish Netherlanders, Netherlands Jews, and Jews in the Netherlands, 1870–1940 J. C. H. BLOM and JOEL J. CAHENDemography Occupations, Economic Role, and Poverty Religious Life, (Sub)culture, and Pillarization Assimilation, Integration, and Antisemitism Solidarity with International Jewry and Zionism Refugees from Germany Jews in the Dutch Colonies Jew and Netherlander 8. The War, 1940-1945 PETER ROMIJNThe German Invasion • Registration Segregation New Regulations Outlaws Deportations and the Yellow Star Forced Removal and Labour Camps Organization and Selection Flight, Going into Hiding, and Resistance The Transit Camps Deportation and Murder Conclusion 9. After the Second World War: From Religious Community to Cultural Minority F. CHAYA BRASZThe First Few Months The Jewish Co-ordination Committee Antisemitism Religious Congregations Migration The Struggle for the Jewish War Orphans The Purges Jews in Modern Dutch Society after 1950 Numbers and Distribution A Cultural Minority Religious Developments The Colonies Jews and Christians Zionism Middle East Policy The Holocaust Epilogue Bibliographical essaysBibliographyNotes on contributorsIndex of namesGeneral Index. Introduction - David J. Wertheim 1. The Middle Ages - B. M. J. Speet 2. Settlement, Toleration, and Association until 1639 - Daniel M. Swetschinski 3. The Republic of the United Netherlands until about 1750: Demography and Economic Activity - Jonathan I. Israel 4. The Jews in the Republic until about 1750: Religious, Cultural, and Social Life - Yosef Kaplan 5. From Nations to Citizens: Jewish Life in the Low Countries in the Shadow of the Enlightenment, 1750–1814 - Irene E. Zwiep 6. 'Religiosity, Civility, and Industry': The Centralization and Nationalization of the Dutch Jews, 1814–1870 - Bart T. Wallet 7. Dutch Jews, the Jewish Dutch, and Jews in the Netherlands, 1870–1940 - J. C. H. Blom and J. J. Cahen 8. The War, 1940–1945 - P. Romijn 9. Between the Margins and the Centre: Jews in the Post-War Netherlands - Bart T. Wallet Dutch Jewish History: A Visual Essay.
• Publisher Details: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization : 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Jewish studies; History -- Jewish; Social Science -- Jewish Studies; European history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800857216
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