Vienna, Prague and Budapest: Austro-German Jewry in Central Europe
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Lecture by Professor Marsha Rozenblit
Distinguished Scholar Series - Fall 2009 Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, MarylandWhat has life historically been like for Jews in these bastions of Jewish culture? Dr. Rozenblit provides an understanding of Austro-German Jewry by exploring the place of Jews in these regions.
Dr. Rozenblit is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Jewish History at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she has been on the faculty since 1978. A social historian of the Jews of Central Europe, she is the author of two books, Reconstructing a National Identity: The Jews of Habsburg Austria during World War I and The Jews of Vienna, 1867-1914: Assimilation and Identity.
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