Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

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This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world. Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxembu

Jacques Picard is professor of modern and Jewish history and cultures at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Jacques Revel is a cultural historian and former president of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in France. Michael P. Steinberg is vice provost for the arts, the Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History, and professor of music and German studies at Brown University. Idith Zertal is an Israeli historian and essayist who has taught at the University of Basel, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Zertal's books and essays have been published in many languages.

Winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award in Anthologies and Collections, Jewish Book Council "The editors of [Makers of Jewish Modernity] exceed their stated goal of showing how various Jewish public figures 'transformed the 20th century,' through 43 profiles of subjects both expected ... and surprising... The entries, which assume no prior knowledge, convey a great deal of information and cogent analysis in a short space."--Publishers Weekly "A worthwhile collection for scholars and readers interested in Jewish affairs."--Kirkus