{"product_id":"9780881258448","title":"The Jewish World in the Modern Age","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jewish   World in the Modern Age \u003c\/i\u003eis a highly readable account of Jewish life and   history in Europe, America, and Israel since the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century.   Adopting a somewhat unusual approach in a book for general readers, each chapter   is amply provided with authentic documents from the period it covers that   further the reader’s understanding and give a true sense of what Jewish life and   thought were at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in\"\u003eSeparate   chapters recount events in Russia, Germany, Central Europe, France, and England,   as well as in Israel, and in the United States and Canada. Unlike many general   treatments of modern Jewish history, this volume gives as much attention to   religious developments as to political and social patterns, focusing not merely   on the rise of Zionism and of Reform and Conservative Judaism, but on the   manifold ways in which Orthodox Judaism adjusted to the ideological, social, and   philosophical challenges of life in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in\"\u003eThose who do   not acquaint themselves with the Jewish past cannot pretend to understand the   Jewish present. Anti-Semitism, for example, cannot be fully understood without   an examination of its roots in history, its development over time, and the myths   about Jews and Judaism that it has promoted. Zionism and the State of Israel   cannot be understood without a study of their history, nor can the emergence of   the present denominational forms of Judaism be appreciated without careful   historical study.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\"\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o   ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"\u003eDr. Bloomberg received ordination   from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University and a   doctorate in medieval studies from Yale.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003eHe is also the author of\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jewish World in the Middle Ages.   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KTAV Publishing House, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027877576944,"sku":"9780881258448","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780881258448_p0.jpg?v=1763848784","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780881258448","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}