Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume XVIII: Jews and Violence: Images. Ideologies, Realities (VOL. XVIII)

This is the newest volume of the annual Studies In Contemporary Jewry series. It contains original essays on Jews and crime in fact, fantasy, and fiction; verbal and physical violence in Israeli politics; Jews as revolutionaires; armed resistance by Jews in Nazi Germany; ethical dilemmas within the Israeli Defense Forces; violence in Israeli society and social stress; and other topics. As with other volumes, it also contains review essays and book reviews. Contents Symposium Jews and Violence: Images, Ideologies, Realities The State and the Legitimate Use of Force and Coercion in Modern Halakhic Thought "They Fought Because They Were Fighters and They Fought Because They Were Jews": Violence and the Construction of Modern Jewish Identity Jews, Violence, and the Russian Revolutionary Movement Speaking of the Devil in Yiddish Literature The Use of Military Force in the Religious Zionist Ideology of Rabbi Yitzhak Ya'akov Reines and His Successors Crime and Redemption? American Jewish Gangsters, Violence, and the Fight against Nazism Reflections on Jewish Resistance under the Nazi German Occupation Violence in Israeli Society: Its Relation to Social Stress The Voice of Jacob and the Hands of Esau: Verbal and Physical Violence in Israeli Politics, 1977–1984 Corporal Punishment in Jewish Education: A Philosophical-Educational Exploration Haredi Violence in Contemporary Israeli Society Essay Fighting for Palestine and Crimea: Two Jewish Friends from Philadelphia during the First World War and the 1920s Review Essays Personal Accounts of the Holocaust: What Can We Glean from Them? The Slow Death of the Oslo Process Assimilating, Coalescing, and Spiritual-Seeking: Recent Trends among American Jews The Political Culture and Social Posture of American Jews Book Reviews Antisemitism, Holocaust, and Genocide Gerald Aalders, Berooid: De beroofde joden en het Nederlandse restitutiebeleid sinds 1945 Alan Adelson (ed.), The Diary of Dawid Sierakowiak: Five Notebooks from the Lodz Ghetto Gulie Ne'eman Arad, America, Its Jews, and the Rise of Nazism Yair Auron, The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide Vicki Caron, Uneasy Asylum: France and the Jewish Refugee Crisis, 1933–1942 Inga Clendinnen, Reading the Holocaust Henry Greenspan, On Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Recounting and Life History Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Strange and Unexpected Love: A Teenage Girl's Holocaust Memoirs Jeffrey Herf, Divided Memory: The Nazi Past in the Two Germanys Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.), Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide Lawrence Langer, Preempting the Holocaust Itamar Levin, The Last Deposit: Swiss Banks and Holocaust Victims' Accounts, trans. Natasha Dornberg Isaac Lipschits, De kleine sjoa: Joden in naoorlogs Nederland David Matzner, The Muselmann: The Diary of a Jewish Slave Laborer Dan Michman (ed.), Belgium and the Holocaust: Jews, Belgians, Germans David Patterson, Sun Turned to Darkness: Memory and Recovery in the Holocaust Memoir Moshe Prywes, Prisoner of Hope Gregg Rickman, Swiss Banks and Jewish Souls Mark Roseman, The Past in Hiding: Memory and Survival in Nazi Germany Ernestine Schlant, The Language of Silence: West German Literature and the Holocaust Robert Moses Shapiro (ed.), Holocaust Chronicles: Individualizing the Holocaust through Diaries and Other Contemporaneous Personal Accounts Adam Starkopf, Will to Live: One Family's Story of Surviving the Holocaust Jack Werber with William B. Helmreich, Saving Children: Diary of a Buchenwald Survivor and Rescuer Hermann Wygoda, In the Shadow of the Swastika, ed. Mark Wygoda Morris Wyszogrod, A Brush with Death: An Artist in the Death Camps Efraim Zuroff, The Response of Orthodox Jewry in the United States to the Holocaust: The Activities of the Vaad ha-Hatzalah Rescue Committee 1939–1945 History and the Social Sciences Michael Alexander, Jazz Age Jews Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880–2000 Steven M. Cohen and Arnold M. Eisen, The Jew Within: Self, Family, and Community in America Naomi W. Cohen, Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership Etan Diamond, And I Will Dwell in Their Midst: Orthodox Jews in Suburbia Marc Dollinger, Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America Sylvia Barack Fishman, Jewish Life and American Culture Murray Friedman and Albert D. Chernin (eds.), A Second Exodus: The American Movement to Free Soviet Jews Veniamin Lukin (series ed.), 100 evreiskikh mestecheck Ukrainy: istoricheskii putevoditel' Christel Manning, God Gave Us the Right: Conservative Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, and Orthodox Jewish Women Grapple with Feminism Edna Nahshon, Yiddish Proletarian Theatre: The Art and Politics of the Artef, 1925–1940 Steven A. Reiss (ed.), Sports and the American Jew Jon Stratton, Coming Out Jewish: Constructing Ambivalent Identities Chaim I. Waxman, Jewish Baby Boomers: A Communal Perspective Clive Webb, Fight against Fear: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights Steven J. Zipperstein, Imagining Russian Jewry: Memory, History, Identity Language, Literature, and the Arts Michael Braun, Peter J. Brenner, Hans Messelken, and Gisela Wilkending (eds.), "Hinauf und Züruck/in die herzhelle Zukunft." Deutsch-jüdische Literatur im 20. Jahrhundert. Festschrift für Birgit Lermen Susanne Klingenstein, Enlarging America: The Cultural Work of Jewish Literary Scholars, 1930–1990 Religion, Thought, and Education Louis Jacobs, Beyond Reasonable Doubt Leon Roth, Is There a Jewish Philosophy? Rethinking Fundamentals Gershom Scholem, On the Possibility of Jewish Mysticism in Our Time & Other Essays, ed. Avraham Shapira Marc B. Shapiro, Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg 1884–1966 Shubert Spero, Holocaust and Return to Zion: A Study in Jewish Philosophy of History Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East Meron Benvenisti, Sacred Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land since 1948 Asher Cohen and Bernard Susser, Israel and the Politics of Jewish Identity: The Secular-Religious Impasse Stuart A. Cohen and Milton Shain (eds.), Israel: Culture, Religion and Society 1948–1998 Aharon Klieman, Compromising Palestine: A Guide to Final Status Negotiations David Mittelberg, The Israel Connection and American Jews Danny Naveh, Sodot memshalah (Executive Secrets) Edward W. Said, The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After Susan Sered, What Makes Women Sick? Maternity, Modesty and Militarism in Israeli Society John Wallach, The Enemy Has a Face: The Seeds of Peace Experience Shalva Weil (ed.), Roots and Routes: Ethnicity and Migration in Global Perspective Contents for Volume XIX Note on Editorial Policy Medding (history of Zionism and the State of Israel, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel) presents 11 symposium presentations, five review essays, and 58 book reviews related to the violence and Jews. The presentations and essays largely focus on the use of violence by Jews in a wide range of contexts, including the establishment of the State of Israel, Israeli educational institutions, European revolutionary movements, and as resistance to Nazi occupation. The book reviews, although more numerous, only occupy about one-sixth of the text. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

medding (history Of Zionism And The State Of Israel, Hebrew U. Of Jerusalem, Israel) Presents 11 Symposium Presentations, Five Review Essays, And 58 Book Reviews Related To The Violence And Jews. The Presentations And Essays Largely Focus On The Use Of Violence By Jews In A Wide Range Of Contexts, Including The Establishment Of The State Of Israel, Israeli Educational Institutions, European Revolutionary Movements, And As Resistance To Nazi Occupation. The Book Reviews, Although More Numerous, Only Occupy About One-sixth Of The Text. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Volume XVIII of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' offers a view of Jews and violence. It construes violence broadly, including deviance and crime, verbal threat and incitement, coercion, force and the resort to arms in individual, collective and communal, and state contexts. The essays span events in Israel, Russia, Germany, and the United States