"The Story Of The Jews - Volume Two - Belonging - 1492-1900"
Just finished reading "The Story Of The Jews - Volume Two - Belonging - 1492-1900" by Simon Schama, published by Ecco back in 2017.
Schama, who is a professor of art history and history at Columbia University, continues the epic history of the Jewish people by focusing on representative leaders, innovators, and delusive fools; merchants, bankers, and military; rabbis and rebellious philosophers; and clashing worldviews of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Jews in Yemen, and Jews in China. Brave, independent women are here also. Foremost, however, is the constant struggle against lies, deceits, and hatred, lethal, destructive pogroms and exile, and always dashed hopes from 1492 upwards to 1900.
Schama explores the rich sorrowful and joyful diversity of Jewish history by focusing on the triumphs and tragedies of individual Jews who were also denied basic human rights simply because of their adherence to their faith. There are some respites, but not even the promise of religious freedom in America protected Jews from anti-Semitism. Commodore Uriah Levy was a victim of many smear campaigns, but unlike his French counterpart and fellow Jew Alfred Dreyfus, Levy was able to fight back and defend himself and his honor multiple times and was reinstated each time to his command. Even Congress at the time, rejected a gift of a statue of one of the Founding Fathers, because despite the fact that Levy, who was a Naval officer in the Untied States Navy had given it to the nation, they didn't want any gifts from a Jew. The statue is now displayed inside the Capital.
I do not know if Schama is working on a third volume in "The Story Of The Jews." I would be interesting in reading his take on Jewish history in the 20th Century and into the first quarter of the 21st Century.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Jews-Two...
Schama, who is a professor of art history and history at Columbia University, continues the epic history of the Jewish people by focusing on representative leaders, innovators, and delusive fools; merchants, bankers, and military; rabbis and rebellious philosophers; and clashing worldviews of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Jews in Yemen, and Jews in China. Brave, independent women are here also. Foremost, however, is the constant struggle against lies, deceits, and hatred, lethal, destructive pogroms and exile, and always dashed hopes from 1492 upwards to 1900.
Schama explores the rich sorrowful and joyful diversity of Jewish history by focusing on the triumphs and tragedies of individual Jews who were also denied basic human rights simply because of their adherence to their faith. There are some respites, but not even the promise of religious freedom in America protected Jews from anti-Semitism. Commodore Uriah Levy was a victim of many smear campaigns, but unlike his French counterpart and fellow Jew Alfred Dreyfus, Levy was able to fight back and defend himself and his honor multiple times and was reinstated each time to his command. Even Congress at the time, rejected a gift of a statue of one of the Founding Fathers, because despite the fact that Levy, who was a Naval officer in the Untied States Navy had given it to the nation, they didn't want any gifts from a Jew. The statue is now displayed inside the Capital.
I do not know if Schama is working on a third volume in "The Story Of The Jews." I would be interesting in reading his take on Jewish history in the 20th Century and into the first quarter of the 21st Century.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Jews-Two...
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