Emergence of Modern Jewish Politics: Bundism and Zionism in Eastern Europe (Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies), The

By Gitelman, Zvi (Ed.)
University of Pittsburgh, 2003, Hardcover, 336 pp., ISBN: 822941880, $44.95

The Emergence of Modern Jewish Politics analyzes the changes in Jewish political life wrought by Zionism and Bundism.

It explores the relationship between politics, culture, and society among the Jews of Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. The essays collected by Zvi Gitelman view modern Jewish politics through wide and varying lenses.

Gitelman examines the legacy of the Bund and Zionist movements, and contends that Bundism's contributions - though less obvious - profoundly changed the structure of the society, politics, and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe and abroad. The volume also stresses the interactive nature of politics and culture, exploring the relationship between the political movements and Hebrew and Yiddish languages, literature, and art forms. From the publisher