Derek J. Penslar is Samuel Zacks Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Toronto and author of Zionism and Technocracy: The Engineering of Jewish Settlement in Palestine 1870-1918 (1991). He coedited In Search of Jewish Community: Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933 (1998).

"A groundbreaking work.... Penslar persuasively demonstrates that economic issues, or 'political economy,' had a profound impact on the shape and character of Jewish self-understanding.... It will be required reading for all scholars... [and] will also capture the attention of a general audience." - David Sorkin, author of Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment "A major contribution.... Placing economics at the center of modern European Jewish history. Penslar presents an original interpretation of the critical issues of modern Jewish history: emancipation, social mobility, anti-Semitism, and the construction of new identities." - Paula E. Hyman, author of The Jews of Modern France"

Derek J. Penslar is Samuel Zacks Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Toronto and author of Zionism and Technocracy: The Engineering of Jewish Settlement in Palestine 1870-1918 (1991). He coedited In Search of Jewish Community: Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933 (1998).

"A groundbreaking work.... Penslar persuasively demonstrates that economic issues, or 'political economy,' had a profound impact on the shape and character of Jewish self-understanding.... It will be required reading for all scholars... [and] will also capture the attention of a general audience." - David Sorkin, author of Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment "A major contribution.... Placing economics at the center of modern European Jewish history. Penslar presents an original interpretation of the critical issues of modern Jewish history: emancipation, social mobility, anti-Semitism, and the construction of new identities." - Paula E. Hyman, author of The Jews of Modern France"

Derek J. Penslar is Samuel Zacks Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Toronto and author of Zionism and Technocracy: The Engineering of Jewish Settlement in Palestine 1870-1918 (1991). He coedited In Search of Jewish Community: Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933 (1998).

"A groundbreaking work.... Penslar persuasively demonstrates that economic issues, or 'political economy,' had a profound impact on the shape and character of Jewish self-understanding.... It will be required reading for all scholars... [and] will also capture the attention of a general audience." - David Sorkin, author of Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment "A major contribution.... Placing economics at the center of modern European Jewish history. Penslar presents an original interpretation of the critical issues of modern Jewish history: emancipation, social mobility, anti-Semitism, and the construction of new identities." - Paula E. Hyman, author of The Jews of Modern France"