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Jess Olson - Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity: Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and Orthodoxy - 9780804778732 - V9780804778732
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Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity: Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and Orthodoxy

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Description for Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity: Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and Orthodoxy Hardback. A pioneering biography of Nathan Birnbaum, one of the central but largely forgotten founders of Zionism, leader in Jewish nationalism, and theoretician of Orthodox political activism. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.

This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum. Now remembered mainly for his coinage of the word "Zionism," Birnbaum was a towering figure in early Jewish nationalism. Because of his unusual intellectual trajectory, however, he has been written out of Jewish history. In the middle of his life, in the depth of World War I, Birnbaum left his venerable position as a secular Jewish nationalist for religious Orthodoxy, an unheard of decision in his time. To the dismay of his former colleagues, he adopted a life ... Read more

Jess Olson brings to light documents from one of the most complete archives of Jewish nationalism, the Nathan and Solomon Birnbaum Family Archives, including materials previously unknown in the study of Zionism, Yiddish-based Jewish nationalism, and the history of Orthodoxy. This book is an important meditation on the complexities of Jewish political and intellectual life in the most tumultuous period of European Jewish history, especially of the interplay of national, political, and religious identity in the life of one of its most fascinating figures.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804778732
SKU
V9780804778732
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About Jess Olson
Jess Olson is Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Associate Director of the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University in New York.

Reviews for Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity: Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and Orthodoxy
"Researchers of Yiddish as well as those devoted to the study of East European Jewish history in general will welcome this book-length study of Nathan Birnbaum, perhaps the foremost ideologue of Ashkenazic Jewry . . . Olson has provided us with a solid grasp of the work of Nathan Birnbaum. Moreover, for the study of Jewish languages, Olson has established ... Read more

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