Selected research guides in Jewish history. Compiled by students in HI 275 History of the Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe, HI 219 Jews in the Modern World, and HI 450 Topics in Popular Culture: Ritual Murder and other Myths of Jewish Conspiracy.
HI 450
- The Beginnings of the Blood Libel in Antiquity
- Blood Libel and Persecution in Late-Tsarist and Stalinist Russia
- Curse Tablets and Dread Incantations: Medieval and Classical Perspectives on Jewish and Near-Eastern Magic
- Jewish Blood Libel in Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale
- Jewish Conversion to Christianity and the Rise of Antisemitism
- Julius Streicher: The Pied Piper of Ritual Murder in Nazi Germany
- The Personification of Anti-Semitism In Films During World War II
- The Protestant Reformation, Magic, and Religion
- Ramadan and TV Shows: Analyzing Antisemitism in the Middle East
- What Legends are Made Of: The Golem and Blood Libel
HI 219
- Antisemitism in the Arab World
- Christianity’s Role in the Holocaust
- Early Synagogue Architecture in New York
- German-Jewish Immigration to the Lower East Side in the 19th Century
- Jewish Immigration to America
- Jews in Germany, 1933-1939
- The Ba’al Shem Tov
- The Eichmann Trial
HI 275
- Evolution of Yiddish Language, Culture, and Literature
- The Fall of the Rabbi: The Shifting Societal Hierarchy During the Jewish Enlightenment
- Jews and Communism in Russia
- Jews in Hungary (1948-56)
- Marriage, Sexuality and Gender Customs in Pre-20th Century Eastern European Jewry
- Modern Yiddish Literature
- Yiddish Cinema: A Snapshot of a Lost Culture