JEWISH DAILY LIFE IN GERMANY, 1618-1945
Edited by Professor Marion Kaplan

German (C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003), English (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Hebrew (The Zalman Shazar Center, 2008)

This book portrays the drama of German-Jewish history by examining the everyday lives of ordinary Jews. It traces the gradual ascent of Jews scattered throughout Germany, in rural areas as well as in more urban ghettos, from impoverished outcasts to comfortable bourgeois citizens, and their dramatic descent during the Nazi era. Using a wide variety of original sources, the authors focus on the qualitative aspects of ordinary life - emotions, impressions, and perceptions that provide insights easily overlooked in more traditional studies.

The program at LBI will present lectures by the four contributing authors:

Robert Liberles, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel, Overlapping Spheres: A Reevaluation of Jewish-Christian Daily Relations in Early Modern Germany.

Steven Lowenstein, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Changes in the Jewish Family in Germany 1780-1870.

Marion Kaplan, New York University, Friendship on the Margins: Social Relations between Jews and other Germans in Imperial Germany.

Trude Maurer, Universitaet Goettingen, Germany, Interactions between Jews and non-Jews in Weimar and Nazi Germany.

Wednesday, April 2
10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Leo Baeck Institute
Kovno Room
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011

RSVP: 212-744-6400