CONTENTS
EDITORS' PREFACE Ν
THE HISTORIC QUEST BY JOSEPH L. BLAU VII
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF SALO WITTMAYER BARON XV
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF TOBIAS BEN MOSES, THE KARAITE, OF CON- STANTINOPLE BY ZVI ANKORI 1
TOWARD THE DAWN OF HISTORY BY MEIR BEN-HORIN 39
THE MESSIANIC SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF ABRAHAM ABULAFIA: A TEN- TATIVE EVALUATION BY ABRAHAM BERGER 55
THE CLOAKMAKERS' STRIKE OF 1910 BY HYMAN BERMAN 63
TRADITION AND INNOVATION BY JOSEPH L. BLAU 95
FELIX LIBERTATE AND THE EMANCIPATION OF DUTCH JEWRY BY HERBERT I. BLOOM 105
AMERICAN JEWRY-REFLECTIONS ON SOCIAL, COMMUNAL, AND SPIRITUAL TRENDS BY SAMUEL M. BLUMENFIELD 123
MORALITY AND RELIGION IN THE THEOLOGY OF MAIMONIDES BY BEN Ζ ION BOKSER 139
AN AMERICAN JEW AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE OF 1919: EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF OSCAR S. STRAUS BY NAOMI W. COHEN 159
THE LAFAYETTE COMMITTEE FOR JEWISH EMANCIPATION BY ABRAHAM G. DUKER 169
THE BACKGROUND OF THE BERLIN HASKALAH BY ISAAC EISENSTEIN- BARZILAY 183
ASPECTS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNAL CRISIS IN THE PERIOD OF THE NAZI REGIME IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA BY PHILIP FRIEDMAN 199
JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON IN THE 1880's by Lloyd P. Gartner 231 XIV CONTENTS
DOES THE JEWISH PAST HAVE A FUTURE? by Sholome Michael Gelber 251
AN AMERICAN ANTI-SEMITE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY LEONARD A. GREENBERG AND HAROLD J. JONAS 265
FLIGHT FROM THE SLUMS BY HYMAN B. GRINSTEIN 285
WELLHAUSEN'S INTERPRETATION OF ISRAEL'S RELIGIOUS HISTORY: A REAPPRAISAL OF HIS RULING IDEAS BY HERBERT F. HAHN 299
THE CONSERVATIVE RABBINATE: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY BY ARTHUR HERTZBERG 309
THE JEWISH ASSOCIATION IN AMERICA BY ISAAC LEVITATS 333
ON MARRIAGE IN ALALAKH BY ISAAC MENDELSOHN 351
DOCTOR SAMUEL JOHNSON'S GRAMMAR AND HEBREW PSALTER BY ISIDORE S. MEYER 359
TYPES OF LECTURES IN THE BABYLONIAN ACADEMIES BY SAMUEL K.
MIRSKY 375
A FUNCTIONAL APPROACH ΤΟ THE HALACHAH BY EMANUEL RACKMAN 403
SOME ATTITUDES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY REFORM LAYMEN BY STUART E. ROSENBERG 411
ON THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF YIDDISH RIME BY URIEL WEINREICH 423
"IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE!" AN EPISODE IN THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE TERRITORIAL UNIFICATION OF FRANCONIAN JEWRY IN THE MID- FIFTEENTH CENTURY BY ARTHUR J. ZUCKERMAN 443