This book examines the intersection of urban society and modern politics among Jews in turn of the century Warsaw, Europe’s largest Jewish center at the time. By focusing on the tumultuous events surrounding the Revolution of 1905, Barricades and Banners argues that the metropolitanization of Jewish life led to a need for new forms of community and belonging, and that the ensuing search for collective and individual order gave birth to the new institutions, organizations, and pr...
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List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
Naming, Dating, Placing, and Other Methodological Dilemmas
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Between Past and Present
1. Warsaw before...
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Scott Ury is Senior Lecturer in Tel Aviv University’s Department of Jewish History, where he also serves as head of the Stephen Roth Center for the Study of Contemp...