Creativity and Conflict. Jews in Interwar Poland. - (Jews of Poland) by Gershon C Bacon (Hardcover)

About the Book

Creativity and Conflict reexamines interwar Polish Jewish history through both the author's essays and responses from leading scholars in the field.

Book Synopsis

Creativity and Conflict reexamines interwar Polish Jewish history through the author's collected essays and scholarly responses of leading academicians. The work covers Polish-Jewish relations, Orthodox Judaism and the rabbinate, women's history, social history, and historiography, challenging prevalent myths about Jews in Poland.

Review Quotes

"Fascinating product of a nearly millennia-old civilization and the 'warp and woof of Polish society, separate threads woven in and around each other, ' their society diverged in outcomes. The essays, well researched and written, offer refreshing insight into a highly transformative era."

--Hallie Cantor, AJL

"Kenneth Levin's timely, incisive, and thought-provoking study of this profoundly perilous psychological phenomenon should be read by every Jew in America. Alas, it won't be."

--Bruce Bawer, The FrontPage Magazine

"Fascinating product of a nearly millennia-old civilization and the 'warp and woof of Polish society, separate threads woven in and around each other, ' their society diverged in outcomes. The essays, well researched and written, offer refreshing insight into a highly transformative era."

-Hallie Cantor, AJL

"Kenneth Levin's timely, incisive, and thought-provoking study of this profoundly perilous psychological phenomenon should be read by every Jew in America. Alas, it won't be."

--Bruce Bawer, The FrontPage Magazine

About the Author

Professor Gershon C. Bacon held the Marcell and Maria Roth Chair in the History and Culture of Polish Jewry at Bar-Ilan University's Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry in Ramat Gan, Israel. He has authored numerous books and articles on Polish Jewish history and currently serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Gal-Ed: On the History and Culture of Polish Jewry, while continuing his research and writing.