Poles and Jews

A Call for Myth Reconstruction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvJennifer Stark-Blumenthal

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Nationalism’s global resurgence has upended societies. With the rise of the Polish nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, and American Jewry’s swift reaction to its law punishing people who allege Polish complicity in Holocaust crimes, both sides have revived old stereotypes. Stark-Blumenthal argues that American Jews’ disgust with Polish nationalism ought to be checked by America’s centuries-old embrace of white supremacy. Poles and Jews: A Call for Myth Reconstruction confronts both the anti-Polonism deeply embedded in the American Jewish community and Poland’s enduring relationship with antisemitism. Armed with two decades of research and in-depth interviews with scholars, community leaders, and laity in Poland and the U.S., Stark-Blumenthal dispels myths and considers new approaches to this relationship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-10-24
Mått155 x 233 x 36 mm
Vikt1 102 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor540
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9798887194097

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IntroductionMyth and ReconstructionPolish Feudalism and Its Middleman MinorityTolerance and ResentmentReform and TraditionThe 1830 Uprising and Its ConsequencesFraternity and SkepticismModernity and FearMigration and NationalismDestruction and RebirthOffense and DefenseInstability and IdentityInstability and ViolenceGenocide and the PolesGenocide and the JewsCommunism and the JewsParty Strife and Anti-ZionismSolidarity and the ChurchJewish Self-Discovery and Community BuildingMyth and Its ReconstructionMyth Reconstruction and the Backlash in PolandShifting PerspectivesConclusionBibliographyIndex

“This book is an outline of the history of changing Polish-Jewish relations as much as it is a record of the author’s personal journey, of grasping with the concept of the Other, of one’s Self, and of one’s homeland. The book looks at the history of Jewish experiences in Poland through Polish and Jewish understanding of the collective past, deconstructing components of both groups’ national myths.” — Katarzyna Person, Jewish Historical Institute “This is a bold tour-de-force through Jewish-Polish history. The book is personally engaged and passionate, but also well-informed and rich in its treatment of the historical fabric of life. The questions the author asks will not leave the reader indifferent.”— Marcin Wodzinski, University of Wrocław