Russian-Jewish Tradition

Brian Horowitz is the holder of the Sizeler Family Chair in Jewish Studies at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is an expert on the Jews of Eastern Europe and author of a number of books, including Empire Jews, Jewish Philanthropy and Education in Late-Tsarist Russia, and Russian Idea - Jewish Presence.

• Introduction, William Craft Brumfield Part I: Russian-Jewish Historians and Historiography 1. The Return of the Ḥeder among Russian-Jewish Education Experts, 1840–1917 2. ‘Building a Fragile Edifice’: A History of Russian-Jewish Historical Institutions, 1860–1914 3. Myths and Counter-Myths about Odessa’s Jewish Intelligentsia during the Late Tsarist Period 4. Saul Borovoi’s Survival: An Odessa Tale about a Jewish Historian in Soviet Times 5. The Ideological Challenges of S. M. Dubnov in Emigration: Autonomism and Zionism, Europe and Palestine Part II: Russian–Jewish Intelligentsia’s Cultural Vibrancy 6. Semyon An-sky—Dialogic Writer 7. Russian-Jewish Writers Face Pogroms, 1880–1914 8. M. O. Gershenzon, Alexander Pushkin, the Bible, and the Flaws of Jewish Nationalism 9. Battling for Self-Definition in Soviet Literature: Boris Eikhenbaum’s Jewish Question 10. Vladimir Jabotinsky and the Mystique of 1905 11. Vladimir Jabotinsky and Violence Part III: Jewish Heritage in Russian Perception 12. Vladimir Solov’ev and the Jews: A View from Today 13. Fear and Stereotyping: Vasily Rozanov and Jewish Menace

"Through this learned, wide-ranging collection of articles on a fascinating generation of Jewish intellectuals, historians and authors, Brian Horowitz provides an invaluable set of insights into the many different connections between Russian and Jewish cultures and societies. With articles on S. An-sky, Simon Dubnow, Vladimir Jabotinsky and other key figures, this book will soon become required reading for students and scholars of Russian, Jewish and East European histories."