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Creativity and Conflict reexamines interwar Polish Jewish history through the author's collected essays and scholarly responses of leading academicians. The work covers Polish-Jewish relations, Orthodox Judaism and the rabbinate, women's history, social history, and historiography, challenging prevalent myths about Jews in Poland.

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Author:   Gershon C. Bacon ,  Adam S. Ferziger ,  Moshe Rosman ,  Shaul Stampfer
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
Imprint:   Academic Studies Press
ISBN:  

9798887197265

Pages:   466
Publication Date:   08 May 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgments Notes on Commentators Notes on Transliterations, Place-Names, and Publishers Maps Introduction: Interwar Polish Jewish History: A Reevaluation Moshe Rosman Part One Looking Back: Society and Religion in Pre-World War I Poland Jewish Society in the Polish Congress Kingdom, 1860-1914 Antony Polonsky comments Prolonged Erosion, Organization, and Reinforcement: Reflections on Orthodox Jewry in Congress Poland., c. 1850 to 1914 Shaul Stampfer comments 3. Religious Coercion, Freedom of Expression, and Modern Jewish Identity in Poland: I. L. Peretz, Sholem Asch, and the ""Circumcision Scandal"" in Warsaw, 1908 Adam Ferziger comments Part Two Society, Youth, Women, and Politics: Aspects of Jewish Life in Interwar Poland 4. Partial Success, Great Achievements: On Jewish Autonomy in Interwar Poland Marcin Wodzinski comments 5. National Revival, Ongoing Acculturation: Jewish Education in Interwar Poland Natalia Aleksiun comments 6. To Enlist the Enthusiasm of the Young: Orthodox Jewish Non-Political Responses to the Challenges of Interwar Poland Uriel Gellman comments 7. The Missing 52%: The State of Research on Jewish Women in Interwar Poland and Its Implications for Holocaust Studies Dalia Ofer comments 8. Woman? Youth? Jew?: The Search for the Identity of Jewish Young Women in Interwar Poland Eliyana Adler comments 9. Reluctant Partners, Ideological Rivals: Reflections on the Relations between Agudath Israel and the Zionist and Religious Zionist Movements in Interwar Poland Ada Gebel comments Part Three Struggles and Scandals: The Politicization of the Polish Rabbinate in Interwar Poland 10. Ideology of Agudath Israel: ""Da'at Torah"" and ""Birthpangs of the Messiah"" Aryeh Edrei comments 11. Enduring Prestige, Eroded Authority: The Warsaw Rabbinate in the Interwar Period Asaf Yedidya comments 12. The New Jewish Politics and the Rabbinate in Poland: New Directions in the Interwar Period Mordecai (Motti) Zalkin comments Part Four Jews as Part of the Fabric of Polish Society 13. Messianists, Pragmatists, and Patriots: Orthodox Jews and the Modern Polish State Kamil Kijek comments 14. Polish-Jewish Relations in Modern Times: The Search for a Metaphor and a Historical Framework Yitzhak Conforti comments

Reviews

“Fascinating product of a nearly millennia‑old civilization and the ‘warp and woof of Polish society, separate threads woven in and around each other,’ their society diverged in outcomes. The essays, well researched and written, offer refreshing insight into a highly transformative era.” —Hallie Cantor, AJL “Kenneth Levin’s timely, incisive, and thought-provoking study of this profoundly perilous psychological phenomenon should be read by every Jew in America. Alas, it won’t be.” —Bruce Bawer, The FrontPage Magazine

Author Information

Professor Gershon C. Bacon held the Marcell and Maria Roth Chair in the History and Culture of Polish Jewry at Bar-Ilan University's Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry in Ramat Gan, Israel. He has authored numerous books and articles on Polish Jewish history and currently serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Gal-Ed: On the History and Culture of Polish Jewry, while continuing his research and writing.

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