'The less antisemitism exists among Christians, the easier it will
be to unite the social forces . . . and the sooner workers'
solidarity will emerge: solidarity of all who are exploited and
wronged . . . Jew, Pole, Lithuanian.' Jozef Pilsudski, 1903 The
Socialist ideals of brotherhood, equality, and justice have
exercised a strong attraction for many Jews. On the Polish lands,
Jews were drawn to Socialism when the liberal promise of
integration into the emergent national entities of east and central
Europe as Poles or Lithuanians or Russians of the Hebrew faith
seemed to be failing. For those Jews seeking emancipation from
discrimination and the constraints of a religious community,
Socialism offered a tantalizing new route to integration in the
wider society. Some Jews saw in Socialism a secularized version of
the age-old Jewish messianic longing, while others were driven to
the Socialist movement by poverty and the hope that it would supply
their material needs. But in Poland as elsewhere in Europe,
Socialism failed to transcend national divisions. The articles in
this volume of Polin investigate the failure of this ideal and its
consequences for Jews on the Polish lands, examining Socialist
attitudes to the 'Jewish question', the issue of antisemitism, how
the growth of Socialism affected relationships between Poles and
Jews, and the character of Jewish Socialist groups in Poland. The
result is a significant contribution to the history of Jews in
Poland. It also sheds light on the history of Socialism in
east-central Europe and the complexity of national problems there.
Editors and contributors: Israel Bartal, Daniel Blatman, Alina
Cala, Stephen D. Corrsin, David Engel, Sylvia Barack Fishman,
Gershon Hundert, Ross Kessel, Shmuel Krakowski, Dov Levin, Pawel
Machcewicz, Stanislaw Meducki, Erica Nadelhaft, Magdalena Opalska,
Richard Pipes, Antony Polonsky, Dina Porat, Teresa Prekerowa,
Michal Sliwa, Janusz Sujecki, Jerzy Tomaszewski, Barbara Wachowska.
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