The German-Jewish Experience Revisited (eBook)

Contents?????????????????????????????? 7
Preface???????????????????????????? 5
The Jews as Educators of Humanity – a Christian-Philosemitic Grand Narrative of Jewish Modernity????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 9
Transfers of Categories: the German-Jewish Experience and Beyond?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 23
German Classicism and Judaism???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 53
Aliens vs. Predators: Cosmopolitan Jews vs. Jewish Nomads???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 67
Between Decay and Doom: Zionist Discourses of “Untergang” in Germany, 1890 to 1933?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 83
Popular Entertainment and Mass Media: The Central Arenas of German-Jewish Cultural Engagement???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 111
Aby Warburg and Weimar Jewish Culture: Navigating Normative Narratives, Counternarratives, and Historical Context???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 125
The Jewish Places of Weimar Cinema: Reconsidering Karl Grune’s The Street???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 143
Jewish Liberalism in the Weimar Republic? Reconsidering a Key Element of Political Culture in the Interwar Era?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 163
History in the House of the Hangman: How Postwar Germany Became a Key Site for the Study of Jewish History?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 179
Non-Jewish Perspectives on German-Jewish History. A Generational Project????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 201
Rabbi S. R. Hirsch and his Perception of Germany and German Jewry???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 215
Between East and West: Pauline Wengeroff and her Cultural History of the Jews of Russia???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 239
The Anti-Nazi Plays of Habimah during the 1930s and the Making of Eretz-Israel Bildung?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 255
Berlin and Jerusalem: Toward German-Hebrew Studies?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 273
Postscript?????????????????????????????????? 281
Notes on Contributors???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 285