Jews, Turks, Ottomans: A Shared History, Fifteenth through the Twentieth Century. Ed. Avigdor Levy. Modern Jewish History. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2002. xxx, 395 pp. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figure. Table. Map. $34.95, paper.

Slavic Review ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-173
Author(s):  
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Jewish History ◽  
Shared History ◽  
Modern Jewish History ◽  
Syracuse University

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Jason Lustig
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Jewish History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Future ◽  
Modern Jewish History ◽  
History Of

The introduction presents the book’s core argument that twentieth-century Jewish archives were not just about the past but also about the future: We can look to a process whereby Jews turned increasingly toward archives as anchors of memory in a rapidly changing world. Jews in Germany, the United States, and Israel/Palestine all sought to gather the files of the past in order to represent their place in Jewish life and articulate a vision of the future. It situates these projects in the history of community-based archiving and archival theory and methodology, as well as Jewish history at large. It also dives into the ways we can see archive making as a metaphor for the broader patterns in modern Jewish history, as Jews sought to gather the sources and resources of their culture both before the Holocaust and especially in its aftermath.

Rabbis, Martyrs, and Merchants: Jewish Communal Conflict as Reflected in the Responsa on the Boycott of Ancona

2014 ◽  
pp. 204-220
Author(s):  
Marc Saperstein
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Jewish History ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Economic Pressure ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Communal Conflict ◽  
Modern Jewish History ◽  
Economic Well Being

This chapter reviews the rabbinic responsa regarding the Boycott of Ancona. It was written by Ottoman rabbis addressing dramatic issues of international significance that affected both the morale and the economic well-being of many Jews. These texts, grappling with legal issues on the basis of conflicting narratives of what had happened, reveal that the boycott was far more complicated than it originally appears. The boycott of the port of Ancona in 1556 was an unparalleled event in early modern Jewish history, the only attempt before the twentieth century to organize Jewish economic pressure and to wield it in the arena of international affairs for the benefit of Jews persecuted in other lands. Powerful forces converged in this event.

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