Leaving the Ghetto by Jacob Katz We know a great deal by now about how the history of European Jewry in the modern era came to…
Accounting for Anti-Semitism by Jacob Katz The term anti-Semitism made its first appearance in Germany in the fall of 1879.
Is Messianism Good for the Jews? by Jacob Katz Ever since biblical antiquity, messianism has been an integral component in the making of Jewish history. But what function, exactly,…
Orthodox Jews-From Passivity to Activism by Jacob Katz It took the perspicacity of Israel Salanter, founder of the Musar movement, to sense that the era of self-evident and…
German Culture and the Jews by Jacob Katz "Jews have not assimilated into 'the German people,' but into a certain layer of it, the newly emerged middle class."…
Misreadings of Anti-Semitism by Jacob Katz Modern historians have tended simply to rule out the Jews altogether as a possible cause of anti-Jewish animosity. Rather, these…
Israel and the Messiah by Jacob Katz The prayer for the well-being of the state of Israel which is recited on Sabbaths and festivals in most synagogues…
Zionism vs. Anti-Semitism by Jacob Katz Ever since its emergence as a national movement, Zionism has had its ideological and political opponents. Recent events have turned…
Zionism and Jewish Identity by Jacob Katz Jewish identity is problematic in the modern world as it was not in premodern times.
Was the Holocaust Predictable? by Jacob Katz Almost anyone who lived through the period of the Holocaust, observing it from either near or far, will readily testify…
Moses Mendelssohn, by Alexander Altmann by Jacob Katz The name of Moses Mendelssohn-philosopher, man of letters, "Father of Jewish Emancipation"-is undoubtedly familiar to anyone who has even a…
Emancipation and Jewish Studies by Jacob Katz Modern Jewish experience, to be fully understood, must be viewed under the aspect of emancipation, that process, starting in the…
