Living Together, Living Apart

This historical study of Jewish life in Medieval Europe provides “a much-needed corrective” to the popular notion of constant persecution (Ivan G. Marcus, Yale University). In Living Together, Living Apart , Jonathan Elukin traces the experience of Jews in Europe from late antiquity through the Renaissance and Reformation, revealing how the pluralism of medieval society allowed Jews to feel part of their local communities despite recurrent expressions of hatred against them. Elukin shows that Je