REES 307

The course traces the development of Jewish civilization in Poland, the spiritual and demographic heart of Judaism, examining distinctive Jewish movements and institutions and the flowering of secular Jewish culture in the early twentieth century. The course also considers the controversial issue of Jewish-Polish relations before, during, and after World War II. Finally, it confronts the surprising rebirth of a Jewish community in Poland since 1989 and the readmission of Jews and Judaism into Polish collective memory. [GM1, GM2, H]

Instructor

Cohn