The Jewish problem in Romania prior to the First World War
The Jewish problem in Romania prior to the First World War
This is a study of the Jews in Romania and the reaction to their presence there by the Romanian community, which, viewing their acceptance as being tantamount to national suicide, was as steadfast in its position and unwillingness to make compromises as the Jews were in their struggle for emancipation. The Romanians fought for their 'national survival' with legal and extra-legal measures, whereas the Jews employed international pressure and opinion. As such, this study examines the origins and settlement of the Jews in Romania, leading to demands for emancipation, which coincided and often contradicted with the national development of the modern Romanian state. It also looks at the economic and social position of the Jews in Romania, which was seen as being a threatening one. Indeed, this was one of the principal factors in the rise of nationalism. On the Jewish side, the resulting persecution and nearly total exclusion from all facets of Romanian life and society led to massive emigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which for many had an offshoot in Zionism. Demography is an extremely important factor, which upon closer study reveals the thick density of the Jewish population in Moldavia and its urban centres. Coupled with the composition of Moldavian Jewry (Ostjuden), it helps explain why the Jewish problem in the Old Kingdom of Romania could really be characterized as a Moldavian one. This goes far toward not only demonstrating why the antisemitic movements in Romania found their base in la;i, but also focuses attention on the important divisions which existed between and within the Moldavian and Walachian Jewish communities. Finally, the efforts of the Western Jewish organizations and their respective governments on behalf of the Jews, as well as the political use the Romanians made of the entire controversy, are also examined as important themes.
University of Southampton
Schneider, Jeffrey Stuart
74f8ef38-23d1-4c46-a034-5c0dbc0ada2f
1981
Schneider, Jeffrey Stuart
74f8ef38-23d1-4c46-a034-5c0dbc0ada2f
Schneider, Jeffrey Stuart
(1981)
The Jewish problem in Romania prior to the First World War.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This is a study of the Jews in Romania and the reaction to their presence there by the Romanian community, which, viewing their acceptance as being tantamount to national suicide, was as steadfast in its position and unwillingness to make compromises as the Jews were in their struggle for emancipation. The Romanians fought for their 'national survival' with legal and extra-legal measures, whereas the Jews employed international pressure and opinion. As such, this study examines the origins and settlement of the Jews in Romania, leading to demands for emancipation, which coincided and often contradicted with the national development of the modern Romanian state. It also looks at the economic and social position of the Jews in Romania, which was seen as being a threatening one. Indeed, this was one of the principal factors in the rise of nationalism. On the Jewish side, the resulting persecution and nearly total exclusion from all facets of Romanian life and society led to massive emigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which for many had an offshoot in Zionism. Demography is an extremely important factor, which upon closer study reveals the thick density of the Jewish population in Moldavia and its urban centres. Coupled with the composition of Moldavian Jewry (Ostjuden), it helps explain why the Jewish problem in the Old Kingdom of Romania could really be characterized as a Moldavian one. This goes far toward not only demonstrating why the antisemitic movements in Romania found their base in la;i, but also focuses attention on the important divisions which existed between and within the Moldavian and Walachian Jewish communities. Finally, the efforts of the Western Jewish organizations and their respective governments on behalf of the Jews, as well as the political use the Romanians made of the entire controversy, are also examined as important themes.
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