Metz 1895
The Jews have lived in Alsace since the early medieval period. However, the relationship of the Jews to Alsace underwent many changes as the region oscillated between French and German rule. In 1871, Alsace was conquered by the German and the Alsatian Jews were faced with the difficult decision of whether to switch their allegiance to the Germans. Initially, the Jews remained patriotic to the French. However, following the Dreyfus Affair in the 1890's where Alfred Dreyfus was criticized as a both a Jew and an Alsatian, the Jews began to express allegiance to the German cause. This lecture will explore the issue of these conflicting allegiances and their implication for the history of the Jews in Modern Europe.
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LECTURE SERIES
- A Study of Halachic and Cultural Responses to Jewish Crisis and Tragedy
- American Jewish Translations of the Torah
- Biblical Studies
- Court Jews: Jews and Judaism on Trial Throughout the Centuries
- Crime: Does It pay?
- Development of Jewish Law
- Glimpses into the religious Lives of Early Modern European Jewry
- Halakhah in the Post-Shulhan Arukh Period
- History and Theology: The Thirteen Principles of Rambam
- History of the Yeshivot in LIthuania
- How Did the Rabbis of Early Modern Times Interpret the Bible?
- Jewish History
- Jewish Theology
- Jews and Hollywood
- Jews and Hollywood: Part II
- Jews in New York
- Judaism Confronts Modernity: Jewish Experiences in the Nineteenth Century
- Manhattan Stories: The Historical and Cultural Impact of Jews in Manhattan
- Medieval Biblical Commentators Respond to the Torah and Their Surroundings
- Prayer
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Rabbinic Narratives
- Rabbinical Semiaries in America
- Snapshots of American Jewish History
- Survey
- The Impact of American Society on American Rabbinic Reponsa
- The Yamim Nora'im and its Liturgy
- West Side Stories
- Yeshivot in the Land of Israel
