Until 1939 Poland was the heartland of European Jewry, and the
Polish Jewish community was still one of the largest and most
important in the world. For nine centuries it was one of the
central forces in the shaping of Jewish culture and its impact on
the shaping of modern Jewry-religious and secular-was profound. An
understanding of the history of the Jews of Poland is thus
essential to a proper understanding of Jewish history. This book,
comprising a selection of studies drawn from the first seven
volumes of Polin, provides that understanding. Written by scholars
from Europe (including Poland itself), Israel, and North America,
it illuminates the most critical aspects of the history of the Jews
in Poland and illustrates how these issues are being treated by the
leading and most innovative scholars in the field. A broad spectrum
of subjects is discussed, covering the origins and development of
the community and the many crises it experienced from the earliest
date of Jewish settlement in Poland to the establishment of
Communist rule in postwar Poland. Maps and a chronology of Polish
Jewish history are also provided, and the book is prefaced by an
extensive introduction by Antony Polonsky, general editor of Polin.
CONTRIBUTORS: Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska, Israel Bartal, David
Biale, Eugene C. Black, Jan Blonski, Norman Davies, David Engel,
Jacob Goldberg, Gershon David Hundert, Krystyna Kersten, Stefan
Kieniewicz, Pawel Korzec, Ewa Kurek-Lesik, Magdalena Opalski, Maria
and Kazimierz Piechotka, Eugenia Prokopowna, Laura
Quercioli-Mincer, M. J. Rosman, Szymon Rudnicki, Pawel Samus,
Robert Moses Shapiro, Chone Shmeruk, Shaul Stampfer, Michael C.
Steinlauf, Pawel Szapiro, Jean-Charles Szurek, Janusz Tazbir, Jerzy
Tomaszewski, Paul Wexler, Anna Zuk
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