The Life Legacy Of Baroness Betty De Rothschild

Author : Laura S. Schor
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0820478857

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The Life & Legacy of Baroness Betty de Rothschild by Laura S. Schor Pdf

Betty Rothschild grew up in Frankfurt nurtured in Jewish tradition and tutored in French, music, and drawing. At nineteen, she married her uncle James and moved to Paris where she presided over a salon famous for its opulence and the brilliance of its guests. Betty was a friend of Queen Marie-Amelie, the pupil of Chopin, and was painted by Ingres. She prepared her five children to assume leading roles in French society while simultaneously serving the Jewish community. She devoted her vast energy to philanthropic activities with a particular emphasis on the needs of young Jewish women.

Author : James McAuley
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300233377

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The House of Fragile Things by James McAuley Pdf

A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews--pillars of an embattled community--invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country's army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material culture played in the assimilation and identity of French Jews in the fin-de-siècle. Weaving together narratives of various figures, some familiar from the works of Marcel Proust and the diaries of Jules and Edmond Goncourt--the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis, the Cahens d'Anvers--McAuley shows how Jewish art collectors contended with a powerful strain of anti-Semitism: they were often accused of "invading" France's cultural patrimony. The collections these families left behind--many ultimately donated to the French state--were their response, tragic attempts to celebrate a nation that later betrayed them.

Author : Laura S. Schor
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611684865

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The Best School in Jerusalem by Laura S. Schor Pdf

Annie Edith (Hannah Judith) Landau (1873Ð1945), born in London to immigrant parents and educated as a teacher, moved to Jerusalem in 1899 to teach English at the Anglo-Jewish AssociationÕs Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls. A year later she became its principal, a post she held for forty-five years. As a member of JerusalemÕs educated elite, Landau had considerable influence on the cityÕs cultural and social life, often hosting parties that included British Mandatory officials, Jewish dignitaries, Arab leaders, and important visitors. Her school, which provided girls of different backgrounds with both a Jewish and a secular education, was immensely popular and often had to reject candidates, for lack of space. A biography of both an extraordinary woman and a thriving institution, this book offers a lens through which to view the struggles of the nascent Zionist movement, World War I, poverty and unemployment in the Yishuv, and the relations between the religious and secular sectors and between Arabs and Jews, as well as LandauÕs own dual loyalties to the British and to the evolving Jewish community.

Author : A. Green,V. Viaene
Publisher : Springer
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137031716

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Religious Internationals in the Modern World by A. Green,V. Viaene Pdf

Tracing the emergence of 'Religious Internationals' as a distinctive new phenomenon in world history, this book transforms our understanding of the role of religion in our modern world. Through in-depth studies comparing the experiences of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews and Muslims, leading experts shed new light on 'global civil society'.

Author : Abigail Green
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674056442

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Moses Montefiore by Abigail Green Pdf

Humanitarian, philanthropist, and campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the nineteenth century—and one of the first truly global celebrities. His story, told here in full for the first time, is a remarkable and illuminating tale of diplomacy and adventure. Abigail Green’s sweeping biography follows Montefiore through the realms of court and ghetto, tsar and sultan, synagogue and stock exchange. Interweaving the public triumph of Montefiore’s foreign missions with the private tragedy of his childless marriage, this book brings the diversity of nineteenth-century Jewry brilliantly to life—from London to Jerusalem, Rome to St. Petersburg, Morocco to Istanbul. Here we see the origins of Zionism and the rise of international Jewish consciousness, the faltering birth of international human rights, and the making of the modern Middle East. With the globalization and mobilization of religious identities now at the top of the political agenda, Montefiore’s life story is relevant as never before. Mining materials from eleven countries in nine languages, Green’s masterly biography bridges the East-West divide in modern Jewish history, presenting the transformation of Jewish life in Europe, the Middle East, and the New World as part of a single global phenomenon. As it reestablishes Montefiore’s status as a major historical player, it also restores a significant chapter to the history of our modern world.

Author : Leonard J. Greenspoon
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781557537225

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Studies in Jewish Civilization 26 by Leonard J. Greenspoon Pdf

"Twenty-Sixth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium, October 27 and October 28, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska."

Author : Laura S. Schor
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780815654841

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Sophie Halaby in Jerusalem by Laura S. Schor Pdf

A pioneer among Palestinian artists, Sophie Halaby was the first Arab woman to study art in Paris, subsequently living independently as a professional painter in Jerusalem throughout her life. She was born in 1906 in Kiev to a Russian mother and a Christian Arab father. Her family fled to Jerusalem in 1917 in the wake of the Russian Revolution. Her life was marked by violence and war, including the Arab Revolt from 1936 to 1939, the Nakba in 1948, and the Six-Day War in 1967. In response, Halaby drew a series of political cartoons criticizing British rule and Zionist goals; later in life, she followed the work of younger artists who supported the Palestine liberation movement. However, the political turmoil of her times is largely not depicted in her art. Instead, her work is a tribute to the enduring beauty of the landscape and flora of Jerusalem, often sketched in pen and ink or red and black chalk, and painted with egg tempera, oils, and watercolors. Schor’s compelling biography shines new light on this little-known artist and enriches our understanding of modern Palestinian history.

Author : Laura S. Schor
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031146930

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Women and Political Activism in France, 1848-1852 by Laura S. Schor Pdf

This book is organized around the personal struggles of ten extraordinary French women activists: Eugenie Niboyet, Eugenie Foa, Suzanne Voilquin, Josephine Bachellery, Pauline Roland, Jeanne Deroin, Elisa Lemonnier, Desiree Gay, Adele Esquiros, and Marie Noemie Constant. Ranging in age from 52 to 20 in 1848, coming from different economic backgrounds, these women share a common quest to be included in the economic and political rights won by the revolt against the July Monarchy. Banding together in the face of exclusion from the right to work guaranteed to all men in February 1848, they write petitions to the Provisional Government, and create the first daily feminist newspaper, “La Voix des femmes.” The newspaper is a forum for their demands: midwives who demand to be paid as civil servants, domestic workers who demand support while unemployed, teachers who demand opportunities for higher education and for higher wages. The right to vote and the right to divorce are debated in the newspaper. Seeking to widen their support, Niboyet and her cohort launch a political club, Le Club de femmes, which is ridiculed in the satiric press. The women activists of 1848 do not withdraw from the public sphere. They form workers’ associations. Deroin and Roland are imprisoned for their activism. All continue to work for women’s rights as teachers, writers, and artists. The women of 1848 inspire successive generations of women to continue their struggle.

Author : Christopher Guyver
Publisher : Springer
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137597403

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The Second French Republic 1848-1852 by Christopher Guyver Pdf

This book follows the story of the Second French Republic from its idealistic beginnings in February 1848 to its formal replacement in December 1852 by the Second Empire. Based on original archival research, The Second French Republic gives a detailed account of the internal tensions that irrevocably weakened France’s shortest republic. During this short period French political life was buffeted by strong and often contrary forces: universal manhood suffrage, fear of socialism, the President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, and the political ambitions of the military high command for the restoration of the monarchy.

Author : Laura S. Schor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : France
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123590015

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Women, Religion, and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-century France by Laura S. Schor Pdf

Author : Laura S. Schor
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611684841

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The Best School in Jerusalem by Laura S. Schor Pdf

Annie Edith (Hannah Judith) Landau (1873Ð1945), born in London to immigrant parents and educated as a teacher, moved to Jerusalem in 1899 to teach English at the Anglo-Jewish AssociationÕs Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls. A year later she became its principal, a post she held for forty-five years. As a member of JerusalemÕs educated elite, Landau had considerable influence on the cityÕs cultural and social life, often hosting parties that included British Mandatory officials, Jewish dignitaries, Arab leaders, and important visitors. Her school, which provided girls of different backgrounds with both a Jewish and a secular education, was immensely popular and often had to reject candidates, for lack of space. A biography of both an extraordinary woman and a thriving institution, this book offers a lens through which to view the struggles of the nascent Zionist movement, World War I, poverty and unemployment in the Yishuv, and the relations between the religious and secular sectors and between Arabs and Jews, as well as LandauÕs own dual loyalties to the British and to the evolving Jewish community.

Author : Heinz Schilling
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1584657006

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Early Modern European Civilization and Its Political and Cultural Dynamism by Heinz Schilling Pdf

A discussion of the author's confessionalization paradigm as a model for understanding European state formation

Author : Eduardo Galeano
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786744701

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Mirrors by Eduardo Galeano Pdf

Throughout his career, Eduardo Galeano has turned our understanding of history and reality on its head. Isabelle Allende said his works "invade the reader's mind, to persuade him or her to surrender to the charm of his writing and power of his idealism." Mirrors, Galeano's most ambitious project since Memory of Fire, is an unofficial history of the world seen through history's unseen, unheard, and forgotten. As Galeano notes: "Official history has it that Vasco Núde Balboa was the first man to see, from a summit in Panama, the two oceans at once. Were the people who lived there blind??" Recalling the lives of artists, writers, gods, and visionaries, from the Garden of Eden to twenty-first-century New York, of the black slaves who built the White House and the women erased by men's fears, and told in hundreds of kaleidoscopic vignettes, Mirrors is a magic mosaic of our humanity.

Author : John Coleman
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9785880819829

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The Rothschild Dynasty by John Coleman Pdf

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Bankers
ISBN : 0140289070

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The House of Rothschild by Niall Ferguson Pdf

Ever since the house of Rothschild first rose to pre-eminence in the turbulent era of the Napoleonic wars, mythology has surrounded the family and its firms. Conservative aristocrats, radical democrats, socialists from Marx onwards, anti-semites from Wagner to Hitler - all have reserved a special place in their critiques of modern capitalism for the Rothschilds. They have been portrayed as the power behind not just one throne but many. They have been charged with financing revolutions and counter-revolutions. They have been seen as the final arbiters of war and peace in Europe. This book is the first of two volumes presenting a history of the house of Rothschild that reveals the phenomenal economic success of this secretive family.