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Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 9: Jews, Poles, Socialists: The Failure of an Ideal

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 9: Jews, Poles, Socialists: The Failure of an Ideal

Polonsky, Antony
Bartal, Israel
Hundert, Gershon David

Paperback

Series: Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, Book 9

JudaismEastern European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1904113818
ISBN13: 9781904113812
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: Mar 6 2008
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

'The less antisemitism exists among Christians, the easier it will be to unite the social forces . . . and the sooner workers' solidarity will emerge: solidarity of all who are exploited and wronged . . . Jew, Pole, Lithuanian.' Józef Pilsudski, 1903

The Socialist ideals of brotherhood, equality, and justice have exercised a strong attraction for many Jews. On the Polish lands, Jews were drawn to Socialism when the liberal promise of integration into the emergent national entities of east and central Europe as Poles or Lithuanians or Russians of the Hebrew faith seemed to be failing. For those Jews seeking emancipation from discrimination and the constraints of a religious community, Socialism offered a tantalizing new route to integration in the wider society. Some Jews saw in Socialism a secularized version of the age-old Jewish messianic longing, while others were driven to the Socialist movement by poverty and the hope that it would supply their material needs.

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