The Jews in the Modern Age - Paperback

by John Efron (Author)

Providing a broad as well as a pointillist overview of modern Jewish history on a global scale from the eighteenth century to the present day, this book analyses how the Jewish people have been dramatically transformed by the forces of social, economic, political, technological, and demographic change.

Author Biography

John M. Efron is Koret Professor of Jewish History at the University of California at Berkeley. He specializes in the cultural and social history of German Jewry. He is the author of German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic (2016) and All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat (2025).