The sixth volume of the annual publication of the Institute for Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Art and Its Uses analyzes the levels of meaning present in a wide range of visual images, from high art by Jewish artists to Judaica, caricatures, and political propaganda. The use of such material to illuminate aspects of modern history and society is rather uncommon in the field of modern Jewish studies; these essays provide the tools necessary for understanding the image in its proper social and political context. The distinguished contributors include Richard I. Cohen, Michael Berkowitz, Milly Heyd, Irit Rogoff, Chone Shmeruk, Ziva Amishai-Maisels, Vivianne Barsky, and Vivian Mann. Accompanied by more than 160 illustrations, the essays shed new light on such topics as Jewish nationalism, Jewish identity, and Jewish-gentile relations. In addition to the symposium, the volume contains articles by major scholars of contemporary Jewish studies, a substantial book review section, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.
Author(s): Ezra Mendelsohn, Richard I. Cohen
Year: 1990
Language: English
Pages: 418
Contents......Page 10
Symposium: Art and Its Uses: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society......Page 16
Richard I. Cohen, An Introductory Essay— Viewing the Past......Page 18
Michael Berkowitz, Art in Zionist Popular Culture and Jewish National Self-Consciousness, 1897–1914......Page 24
Milly Heyd, The Uses of Primitivism: Reuven Rubin in Palestine......Page 58
Richard I. Cohen, The Visual Dreyfus Affair— A New Text? On the Dreyfus Affair Exhibition at The Jewish Museum, New York......Page 86
Irit Rogoff, Max Liebermann and the Painting of the Public Sphere......Page 106
Ziva Amishai-Maisels, The Artist as Refugee......Page 126
Vivianne Barsky, "Home Is Where the Heart Is": Jewish Themes in the Art of R. B. Kitaj......Page 164
Chone Shmeruk, Yiddish Adaptations of Children's Stories from World Literature......Page 201
Vivian B. Mann, Forging Judaica: The Case of the Italian Majolica Seder Plates......Page 216
Essays......Page 242
Alfred Hoelzel, Thomas Mann's Attitudes Toward Jews and Judaism: An Investigation of Biography and Oeuvre......Page 244
Hagit Lavsky, The Distinctive Path of German Zionism......Page 269
Charles S. Liebman, Ritual, Ceremony and the Reconstruction of Judaism in the United States......Page 287
Yaacov Goldstein, Heroine or Traitor? The Controversy over Manya Vilbushevich-Shohat and Her Links with Zubatov......Page 299
Review Essays......Page 322
David Vital, Zionism: The Crucial Phase......Page 324
Robert Jay Lifton, The Nazi Doctors, Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide......Page 330
Arnold M. Eisen, Galut: Modern Jewish Reflections on Homelessness and Homecoming......Page 336
Ben Halpern, A Clash of Heroes-Brandeis, Weizmann, and American Zionism......Page 341
Book Reviews (arranged by subject)......Page 346
Leonard Dinnerstein, Uneasy at Home: Antisemitism and the American Jewish Experience......Page 348
Judith E. Doneson, The Holocaust in American Film......Page 350
Richard Hovannisian (ed.), The Armenian Genocide in Perspective......Page 353
Hans Speier, German White-Collar Workers and the Rise of Hitler......Page 355
Francis R. Nicosia, The Third Reich and the Palestine Question......Page 357
David M. Szonyi (ed.), The Holocaust: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide......Page 359
Chimen Abramsky, Maciej Jachimczyk and Antony Polonsky (eds.), The Jews in Poland......Page 361
"Amilat," Judaica Latinoamericana: Estudios historico-sociales......Page 362
Michael Brown, Jew or Juif? Jews, French Canadians, and Anglo-Canadians, 1759–1914......Page 363
Frances Malino and Bernard Wasserstein (eds.), The Jews in Modern France......Page 366
Jonathan Reider, Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn Against Liberalism......Page 367
Neil C. Sandberg, Jewish Life in Los Angeles: A Window to Tomorrow......Page 370
Michael R. Weisser, A Brotherhood of Memory: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in the New World......Page 372
Steven M. Cohen and Paula E. Hyman (eds.), The Jewish Family: Myths and Reality......Page 375
S. N. Eisenstadt, The Transformation of Israeli Society......Page 376
Elizabeth Ewen, Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890–1925......Page 377
Arcadius Kahan, Essays in Jewish Social and Economic History......Page 379
Judith E. Smith, Family Connections: A History of Italian and Jewish Immigrant Lives in Providence, Rhode Island, 1900–1940......Page 380
Mikhail Agursky and Margarita Shklovskaya, Maxim Gorkii, 1868–1936. Iz literaturnogo naslediya: Gorkii i evreiskii vopros......Page 383
Bibliography of Hebrew and Yiddish Publications in Poland Since 1944......Page 384
Sarah Blacher Cohen (ed.), Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor......Page 386
Yael S. Feldman, Modernism and Cultural Transfer: Gabriel Preil and the Tradition of Jewish Literary Bilingualism......Page 387
Jakob Hessing, Else Lasker-Schüler: Biographie einer deutschjüdischen Dichterin......Page 389
David Rosenberg (ed.), Congregation: Contemporary Writers Read the Jewish Bible......Page 391
Alexander Scheiber, Essays on Jewish Folklore and Comparative Literature......Page 394
Leonardo Senkman, La identidad judía en la literatura argentina......Page 398
Sol Steinmetz, Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America......Page 399
Mordechai Breuer, Jüdische Orthodoxie im Deutschen Reich, 1871–1918......Page 402
Arthur Cohen and Paul Mendes-Flohr (eds.), Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought......Page 404
A. Roy Eckardt, For Righteousness' Sake: Contemporary Moral Philosophies......Page 406
Zev Garber (ed.), Methodology in the Academic Teaching of Judaism......Page 408
Robert Gordis, Judaic Ethics for a Lawless World......Page 410
Joel Roth, The Halakhic Process: A Systemic Analysis......Page 411
Michael J. Cohen, The Origins and Evolution of the Arab-Zionist Conflict......Page 414
Simha Flapan, The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities......Page 416
Andrew Handler, Dori: The Life and Times of Theodor Herzl in Budapest (1860–1878)......Page 418
Norman Rose, Chaim Weizmann: A Biography......Page 421
Shabtai Teveth, Kinat David vol. 3 Hakark'a habo'er (Ben-Gurion, vol. 3, The Burning Ground, 1886–1948)......Page 424
Avner Yaniv, Dilemmas of Security: Politics, Strategy and the Israeli Experience in Lebanon......Page 427
Recently Completed Doctoral Dissertations......Page 430
Contents for Volume VII......Page 432
