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A History of the Jews
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First published January 1, 1911
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January 5, 2026
One of the first comprehensive histories of the Jewish people in the 2oth century. Written and published first in 1911 and revised and enlarged in 1939.
Most of the points made in the book are not facts you wont find in histories by the current master historians of the topic such as Martin Gilbert and Paul Johnson
But some interesting listings in chapters on Jews in Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries on Jews who distinguished themselves in very many fields.
In the chapter on the 20th century in Europe before the war, an important point is made about Soviet Communist Jews. 'The prominent participation of a number of Jews in the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, notably that of Leon Trotsky...gave to the new regime a Jewish colouring which the enemies of the Jews unscrupulously exploited by ascribing Bolshevik propaganda almost exclusively to Jewish influences. Though a considerable number of Jews became leaders of the new dispensation , they had ostentatiously dissociated themselves from their racial kinsmen and moreover , had manifested this by a peculiarly virulent agitation against the Jewish bourgeoisie and Jewish tradition generally'
The Jewish department of the Soviet Communist Party the Yevsektsia created by the central government to direct the the development of the Jewish population manifested itself by an uncompromising hostility to every phase of Jewish life reminiscent of Jewish traditions.
The Jewish faith and Jewish tradition were outlawed There was aban of Hebrew, and any association with the Land of Israel and Zionism was treated with the rigours attached to stomping out all forms of national identification labelled by the Communists as 'counter-revolutionary activities' .
The section on Nazi Germany discusses the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The book leaves off in 1948 after the proclamation of statehood by Israel in 1948 and the War of Independence
It was openly avowed by this time by Nazi spokesmen that the Jews should be systematically turned into criminals and beggars so they should then be exterminated by fire and sword. Something the anti-Israel and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions lobby against Israel as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran and Muslim terrorist networks and their many sponsors are trying to do today
Also noteworthy is the author's notation of the unprecedented fellowship of the Church and Synagogue against the Nazi menace, So today real Jews and real Christians should unite against the Islamic-Leftist Axis of Evil.
an inspiring section on how Jewish life was rebuilt in pre-state Israel , with towns and thriving agriculture and industry being built up by the returning Jews in such short time, in the shadow of the violent Arab pogroms against Jews such as the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt which was sponsored and encouraged by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Most of the points made in the book are not facts you wont find in histories by the current master historians of the topic such as Martin Gilbert and Paul Johnson
But some interesting listings in chapters on Jews in Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries on Jews who distinguished themselves in very many fields.
In the chapter on the 20th century in Europe before the war, an important point is made about Soviet Communist Jews. 'The prominent participation of a number of Jews in the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, notably that of Leon Trotsky...gave to the new regime a Jewish colouring which the enemies of the Jews unscrupulously exploited by ascribing Bolshevik propaganda almost exclusively to Jewish influences. Though a considerable number of Jews became leaders of the new dispensation , they had ostentatiously dissociated themselves from their racial kinsmen and moreover , had manifested this by a peculiarly virulent agitation against the Jewish bourgeoisie and Jewish tradition generally'
The Jewish department of the Soviet Communist Party the Yevsektsia created by the central government to direct the the development of the Jewish population manifested itself by an uncompromising hostility to every phase of Jewish life reminiscent of Jewish traditions.
The Jewish faith and Jewish tradition were outlawed There was aban of Hebrew, and any association with the Land of Israel and Zionism was treated with the rigours attached to stomping out all forms of national identification labelled by the Communists as 'counter-revolutionary activities' .
The section on Nazi Germany discusses the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The book leaves off in 1948 after the proclamation of statehood by Israel in 1948 and the War of Independence
It was openly avowed by this time by Nazi spokesmen that the Jews should be systematically turned into criminals and beggars so they should then be exterminated by fire and sword. Something the anti-Israel and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions lobby against Israel as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran and Muslim terrorist networks and their many sponsors are trying to do today
Also noteworthy is the author's notation of the unprecedented fellowship of the Church and Synagogue against the Nazi menace, So today real Jews and real Christians should unite against the Islamic-Leftist Axis of Evil.
an inspiring section on how Jewish life was rebuilt in pre-state Israel , with towns and thriving agriculture and industry being built up by the returning Jews in such short time, in the shadow of the violent Arab pogroms against Jews such as the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt which was sponsored and encouraged by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
January 4, 2026
One of the first comprehensive histories of the Jewish people in the 21st century. Written and published first in 1911 and revised and enlarged in 1939.
Most of the points made in the book are not facts you wont find in histories by the current master historians of the topic such as Martin Gilbert, Simon Schama and Paul Johnson
But some interesting listings in chapters on Jews in Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries on Jews who distinguished themselves in very many fields.
In the chapter on the 20th century in Europe before the war, an important point is made about Soviet Communist Jews. 'The prominent participation of a number of Jews in the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, notably that of Leon Trotsky...gave to the new regime a Jewish colouring which the enemies of the Jews unscrupulously exploited by ascribing Bolshevik propaganda almost exclusively to Jewish influences. Though a considerable number of Jews became leaders of the new dispensation , they had ostentatiously dissociated themselves from their racial kinsmen and moreover , had manifested this by a peculiarly virulent agitation against the Jewish bourgeoisie and Jewish tradition generally'
The Jewish department of the Soviet Communist Party the Yevsektsia created by the central government to direct the the development of the Jewish population manifested itself by an uncompromising hostility to every phase of Jewish life reminiscent of Jewish traditions.
The Jewish faith and Jewish tradition were outlawed There was aban of Hebrew, and any association with the Land of Israel and Zionism was treated with the rigours attached to stomping out all forms of national identification labelled by the Communists as 'counter-revolutionary activities' .
The section on Nazi Germany discusses the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The book leaves off in 1939 just before world War II and the Holocaust but just after Kristallnacht.
It was openly avowed by this time by Nazi spokesmen that the Jews should be systematically turned into criminals and beggars so they should then be exterminated by fire and sword. Something the anti-Israel and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions lobby against Israel as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran and Muslim terrorist networks and their many sponsors are trying to do today
Also noteworthy is the author's notation of the unprecedented fellowship of the Church and Synagogue against the Nazi menace, So today real Jews and real Christians should unite against the Islamic-Leftist Axis of Evil.
an inspiring section on how Jewish life was rebuilt in pre-state Israel , with towns and thriving agriculture and industry being built up by the returning Jews in such short time, in the shadow of the violent Arab pogroms against Jews such as the 1936-1939 Arab REvolt which was sponsored and encouraged by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
Most of the points made in the book are not facts you wont find in histories by the current master historians of the topic such as Martin Gilbert, Simon Schama and Paul Johnson
But some interesting listings in chapters on Jews in Europe and America in the 19th and 20th centuries on Jews who distinguished themselves in very many fields.
In the chapter on the 20th century in Europe before the war, an important point is made about Soviet Communist Jews. 'The prominent participation of a number of Jews in the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, notably that of Leon Trotsky...gave to the new regime a Jewish colouring which the enemies of the Jews unscrupulously exploited by ascribing Bolshevik propaganda almost exclusively to Jewish influences. Though a considerable number of Jews became leaders of the new dispensation , they had ostentatiously dissociated themselves from their racial kinsmen and moreover , had manifested this by a peculiarly virulent agitation against the Jewish bourgeoisie and Jewish tradition generally'
The Jewish department of the Soviet Communist Party the Yevsektsia created by the central government to direct the the development of the Jewish population manifested itself by an uncompromising hostility to every phase of Jewish life reminiscent of Jewish traditions.
The Jewish faith and Jewish tradition were outlawed There was aban of Hebrew, and any association with the Land of Israel and Zionism was treated with the rigours attached to stomping out all forms of national identification labelled by the Communists as 'counter-revolutionary activities' .
The section on Nazi Germany discusses the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The book leaves off in 1939 just before world War II and the Holocaust but just after Kristallnacht.
It was openly avowed by this time by Nazi spokesmen that the Jews should be systematically turned into criminals and beggars so they should then be exterminated by fire and sword. Something the anti-Israel and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions lobby against Israel as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran and Muslim terrorist networks and their many sponsors are trying to do today
Also noteworthy is the author's notation of the unprecedented fellowship of the Church and Synagogue against the Nazi menace, So today real Jews and real Christians should unite against the Islamic-Leftist Axis of Evil.
an inspiring section on how Jewish life was rebuilt in pre-state Israel , with towns and thriving agriculture and industry being built up by the returning Jews in such short time, in the shadow of the violent Arab pogroms against Jews such as the 1936-1939 Arab REvolt which was sponsored and encouraged by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
December 3, 2018
This particular short volume is both easy to read and a worthwhile survey of the broad sweep of history of the Jewish people throughout history. While the book is by no means long enough to be exhaustive in its treatment, the book is at least expansive enough to encourage the reader to investigate what they are most interested in further. The author gives an intriguing picture of Judaism during history and how the people and faith survived throughout the roughly 2000 years between its most recent periods of being an independent state. Indeed, the author appears to want to show the difficulty that the Jews had in navigating the problems that they had in various nations. This is by no means a problem that has vanished from the contemporary world, and is something that Jews likely feel the need to make themselves familiar with as soon as history becomes a subject of interest to them. To be sure, the author spends most of his time talking about orthodox Judaism and its progression, at least from the Talmudic times onward, but at the same time the author spends a lot of time talking about various offshoots of Judaism as well to show that there has never been an unchallenged Orthodox viewpoint, nor a very long period where Judaism was at peace in whatever place it found itself throughout history.
This short book of only about 200 pages or so begins with ancient Israel and goes to the period of Israeli independence in 1948, so this is by no means a very new book. That said, we begin with the period of ancient Israel, after which the author doesn't follow the trail of the northern Kingdom through exile (1). After that the author looks at the Babylonian captivity and second temple Judaism (2). The author then moves on to the Talmudic age, which goes on until roughly the rise of Islam (3). The author then views the early Middle Ages as the golden age of Judaism (4) before looking at the Dark ages that go between the Crusades and the eighteenth century (5). After this the chapters start coming more rapidly, with chapters on the age of emancipation in the nineteenth century (6), the reaction to Jewish rights during the World War II period (7), the rise of Zionism (8), the horrors of World War II (9), the service of the Jews in various armies and the peace treaties after World War II (10), and the establishment of the state of Israel (11). Throughout the chapters we not only get political history and a history of various movements within Judaism but also important figures within Judaism.
This book has some clear agendas. Fortunately, the obviousness of those agendas makes this book one I enjoyed reading even if it discussed matters I was not always very familiar with because of the unevenness of my knowledge about Jewish history. The author seeks to demonstrate the rich debate within Judaism throughout its history, in part as a way of demonstrating that traditional Judaism has not been without competition throughout its history, and that reason as well as faith and tradition all hold a role. The author points out that American Judaism no longer has a base of European Jewry to draw upon and must sustain Judaism, or at least a large part of it, on its own intellectual and demographic basis. The author also wants to point out that throughout their history the Jewish people have been loyal sojourners or citizens of the places they have lived, but have often faced a great deal of hostility from populist leaders and fanatics. Let us hope that this book can help to reduce this problem in the future.
This short book of only about 200 pages or so begins with ancient Israel and goes to the period of Israeli independence in 1948, so this is by no means a very new book. That said, we begin with the period of ancient Israel, after which the author doesn't follow the trail of the northern Kingdom through exile (1). After that the author looks at the Babylonian captivity and second temple Judaism (2). The author then moves on to the Talmudic age, which goes on until roughly the rise of Islam (3). The author then views the early Middle Ages as the golden age of Judaism (4) before looking at the Dark ages that go between the Crusades and the eighteenth century (5). After this the chapters start coming more rapidly, with chapters on the age of emancipation in the nineteenth century (6), the reaction to Jewish rights during the World War II period (7), the rise of Zionism (8), the horrors of World War II (9), the service of the Jews in various armies and the peace treaties after World War II (10), and the establishment of the state of Israel (11). Throughout the chapters we not only get political history and a history of various movements within Judaism but also important figures within Judaism.
This book has some clear agendas. Fortunately, the obviousness of those agendas makes this book one I enjoyed reading even if it discussed matters I was not always very familiar with because of the unevenness of my knowledge about Jewish history. The author seeks to demonstrate the rich debate within Judaism throughout its history, in part as a way of demonstrating that traditional Judaism has not been without competition throughout its history, and that reason as well as faith and tradition all hold a role. The author points out that American Judaism no longer has a base of European Jewry to draw upon and must sustain Judaism, or at least a large part of it, on its own intellectual and demographic basis. The author also wants to point out that throughout their history the Jewish people have been loyal sojourners or citizens of the places they have lived, but have often faced a great deal of hostility from populist leaders and fanatics. Let us hope that this book can help to reduce this problem in the future.
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