Rethinking European Jewish History

National Jewish Book Awards Winnerof the Anthologies and Collections Award, 2009. Europe has changed greatly in the last century.Political, social, and ideological transformations have not only redrawn themap of the continent but have rewoven the fabric of its culture. These changeshave nourished widespread reassessment in European historical research: interms of its presuppositions, its methodologies, its directions, its emphases,and its scope. The political boundaries between nations and state