The Studies in Contemporary Jewry series is edited by Jonathan
Frankel, Eli Lederhendler, Peter Y. Medding, and Ezra Mendelsohn,
who teach Jewish history, society, and politics at The Hebrew
University in Jerusalem. Jonathan Frankel, the editor of Volume XX,
is the Tamara and Saveli Grinberg Professor Emeritus of Russian
Studies and Professor Emeritus at the Avraham Harman Institute
of
Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University. He is author of a
number of books including The Damascus Affair: "Ritual Murder,"
Politics and the Jews in 1840. The symposium is co-edited by Dan
Diner, Professor of History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and director of the
Simon-Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the
University of Leipzig.
"[F]ascinating collection of essays."--The Spectator
"[Studies in Contemporary Jewry] has quickly established itself as
one of the most important yearly publications in the world of
Jewish scholarship."--American Jewish Archives
"A welcome addition to the literature on contemporary Jewry. The
series serves the needs of the intelligent layman as well as the
scholar and The Hebrew University's Institute of Contemporary
Jewry, which sponsors the project, can be proud of its
achievement."--The Jerusalem Post
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