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Copyrighted Material bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 299 Index Aaron, 18 Antiochus IV, 65 Abba Sikra, 91–92 anti-Semitism Abd-al-Rahman III, 115 in America, 246 Abraham, 7, 11, 38, 108, 130 Beilis trial, 211–13 covenant with God, 13–14 Dreyfus affair, 213–17 land given to, 12–13 Herzl’s view of, 218–21 name changed, 13–14 under Nicholas I, 210–11 Abravanel, Don Isaac, 146–48 pogroms, 207–10 Abtalion, 99 Arab nations, ongoing Jewish conflict aggiornamento, 133 with, 270–73, 284–94 Ahab, 45 Ari. See Luria, Rabbi Isaac Aharon, Lotte, 291–92 Aristeas, Letter of, 63–65 Ahasu-e’rus, 59, 60 Aristobulus, 78 Akiva, Rabbi, 94, 95–97, 100–101 Arnstein, Fanny Von, 199–200 Al Akhbar, 138 Artaxerxes, 61 Alexander I, Czar, 212 Ashi, Rav, 99 Alexander III, Pope, 131 Assyria, 47–49, 53 Alexander the Great, 62–63 atomic energy, 251–52 Alexas, 81 Av, ninth of, 50, 82, 95–96, 166 America advice to Jewish immigrants in, 242–45 Baal, 45–46, 47, 49 anti-Semitism in, 246, 247 Baal Shem Tov, 170–72 Jewish immigrantsCOPYRIGHTED in, 188–90, 231–45 Babylonia, MATERIAL 49–50, 53–54, 111–12 Jewish immigration to, 186–89 Balfour, Lord, 269–70 Jewish success stories in, 246–52 Balfour Declaration, 269–72, 273 Jewish women in, 237–38 Barak, 24–26 Jews in, 178–80 Bar Kochba, Simon, 94, 95 See also Civil War Barzel, Alex, 292 Amler, Jane Frances, 150 Bayezid II, Sultan, 151 Anan, 113–14 Behrend, B., 181–82 Anilewicz, Mordecai, 260–61, 284 Beilis, Mendel, 211–13 Antin, Mary, 232–35 Belshazzar, 55–57 299 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 300 300 INDEX Ben-Gurion, David, 2, 270–72, 275 Darius, 57, 60, 79 Benjamin of Tudela, 131–32 David, 31, 41–42, 111 Berlin, Irving, 231 and Goliath, 32–35 Beruriah, 103–4 as king of Israel, 35–36, 37–38, 39–40 Bible and Nathan the prophet, 38–39 first translation of, 63–65 Dead Sea Scrolls, 69–70, 76–77 as mandate for Jewish state, 270–71 Deborah, 24–26 See also names of individual books Declaration of the Rights of Man and of A Bintel Brief, 242–45 the Citizen, 191 Blaustein, David, 235–38 Delilah, 26–29 Brandeis, Louis D., 246–48 Demetrius, 63, 64, 65 Breyer, Stephen, 248 Deuteronomy, book of, 19–20, 92, 97, 143, Buchenwald, 263–64 248 Bustenai Ben Haninai, 111 Disraeli, Benjamin, 203, 204 Dreyfus, Alfred, 213–17, 218 Cahill, Thomas, 3, 11–12 Dreyfus affair, 213–17, 218 Canaan, 21, 24, 31 Cardozo, Benjamin, 247 Eban, Abba, 120, 277, 287 Catholic Church, relationship of with the Edward I, King, 145 Jews, 133–35, 139–41 Egypt Chaldeans, 50 famine in, 15, 16 chalutzim, 224 Jews as slaves in, 16–17 Chamberlain, Joseph, 221 plagues in, 17–18 Chananiah, Rabbi, 96 Eichengreen, Lucille, 256–59 Chilul Hashem, 100 Einstein, Albert, 3, 199, 250–52 Chmielnicki, Bogdan, 155–56 Elazar, Rabbi, 96 Christianity Eleazar, Isaac bar, 136 ascendancy of, 105–7 Eleazar (Jewish high priest), 63 Jewish converts to, 204 Eleazar (Jewish warrior at Masada), roots of, 76–77 83–86 See also Jesus Eleazar ben Azariah, Rabbi, 100 Christians, relationship of with the Jews, Elijah, 45–47, 114 133–41 Elijah ben Abraham, 113–14 Chronicles, book of, 39–40 England Chutspit, Rabbi, 96 emancipation of Jews in, 200–204 Civil War, Jewish soldiers during, 180–86 Jews’ expulsion from, 145 Clinton, Bill, 248, 293 as supporter of Jewish state, 268–70, Columbus, Christopher, 48, 149–50 274 Constantine, 105, 132 Enlightenment, 159, 175, 192 Crusades, 133–35 Ephraim of Bonn, 134 Cyrus, 58, 79 Esarhaddon, 48, 49 Esau, 14 Daniel, 56–57 Essenes, 72–75 Daniel, book of, 55–57 Esther, 60 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 301 INDEX 301 Esther, book of, 59, 60, 135, 199 Groth, Paul, 259–60 ethical will, 124–27 Guest, Edgar, 250 Exilarch, 111–12 Exodus, book of, 16–19 Hadrian, 93, 94, 97, 102 Exodus 1947 (ship), 273–74 Hagar, 108 Ezekiel, 54–55, 58 Haifa, 47, 273 Ezekiel, book of, 54–55, 266 Hakam II, 115 Ezra, 61 haLevi, Rabbi Abraham ben Sabbatai, Ezra, book of, 58, 197 161 Haman, 60 Ha-Nagid, 123–24 Faure, Félix, 215 Hananiah, 113 Ferdinand, King, 146, 151 Hanina ben Teradion, Rabbi, 102–3 First Declaration of Human Rights, 58 Hansen, Marcus Lee, 242 Fishman, Rabbi Y. L., 276 Hanukkah, 66–68 Ford, Henry, 246 Hapgood, Hutchins, 240–42 Fortas, Abe, 247 Hasdai ibn Shaprut, 115–19, 123 France Hasidism, 170 emancipation of Jews in, 191–98 Hasmoneans, 66 Jews’ expulsion from, 143–45 Hayye, Hannah, 232, 233 Frank, Anne, 253 Hazael, 40 Frankfurter, Felix, 247–48 Hegira, 109 Freiburg, Dov, 259–60 Hellenization, 65–66 Hemdat Yamim, 163–65 Gabirol, Ibn, 125 Henry, Patrick, 81 Galante, Abraham, 164–65 Herod, 42, 60, 78–82 Gamaliel, Rabbi, 100 Herodotus, 2–3, 48 Gaon, Saadiah, 115 Herzen, Alexander, 210–11 Gemara, 98–99. See also Talmud Herzl, Theodore, 218–22, 268, 269, 275 Genesis, book of, 12–16 Hezekiah, 48, 49 Germany Hillel, 99–100 Jews in, 206 Hillquit, Morris, 238–40 See also Holocaust Himmler, Heinrich, 254–55 Gesta Philippi Augusti, 143–45 Hitler, Adolf, 115, 253–54, 263 Ghazali, Al, 126 Holocaust, 206, 209, 253–67 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 246–48 Jewish resistance during, 260–61 Gladstone, William, 203–4 religious questions raised during, Glückel of Hameln, 159–61 261–63 Goldberg, Arthur, 247 testimony of survivors of, 256–60 Golden, Harry, 240 Holy Land. See Israel, modern; Palestine Goliath, 32–35 Hoshe’a, 47 Goshen, 16 Hyrcanus, 78 Gray,John, 38 Greenberg, Hank, 249–50 Imber, Naftali, Herz, 268 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 302 302 INDEX immigrants. See America: Jewish and the Catholic Church, 133–35, immigrants in 139–41 Inglis, Robert, 203 with Christopher Columbus, 149–50 Innocent IV, Pope, 139 during the Civil War, 180–86 Inquisition, 139–41 Diaspora, 59 intermarriage, 194–96, 198 in exile, 47–48, 53–55 Ipuwer, Papyrus of, 18, 19 expulsion of, 142–50 Isaac, 7, 14, 38 Hellenization of, 65–66 Isabella, Queen, 146 during the Inquisition, 139–41 Isaiah, 49 kings of, 30–42 Isaiah, book of, 92, 93, 101, 282, 294 and the Koran, 109–10 Ishmael (son of Abraham), 108 laws against, 105–7, 110–11 Ishmael, Rabbi, 102 libels against, 136–39, 211–13 Islam, 108–12 and Martin Luther, 156–59 Israel, kingdom of, 44–45 names used to identify, 7 in exile, 47–48, 53–54 Napoleon’s question about, 192–98 Israel, modern persistence of in the face of adversity, birth of, 222, 268–70, 274–76 1–3 early vision of, 218–22 in Poland, 151–56 immigrants to, 280–83 during the Reformation, 159–61 ongoing conflict with Arab nations, under Roman rule, 78–87, 91–97 270–73, 284–94 in Rome, 131–32 Italy, Jews in, 198–99 as slaves in Egypt, 16–17 in Spain, 123–32 Jabin, 24–26 See also anti-Semitism; Judaism Jacob, 7, 11, 14 jihad, 110 Ja’el, 25–26 John XXIII, Pope, 133 Japan, 249 John Paul II, Pope, 133 Jehiel, Rabbi, 137 Johnson, Paul, 108 Jekutiel HaKohen, Rabbi, 137 Joseph (king of the Khazars), 115–19 Jeremiah, 49 Joseph (son of Jacob), 14–15, 16 Jeremiah, book of, 92, 197 Josephus, 69 Jericho, 22–24 Antiquities of the Jews, 48–49, 72–73, Jerobo’am, 43, 44, 45 79–80 Jerusalem, 37–38 Wars of the Jews, 73–75, 80–81, 82–86 Jesse, 32, 33, 35, 36 Joshua, 21–24 Jesus, 82, 93. See also Christianity Joshua, book of, 21–23 Jewish history, beginning of, 11–12. See Joshua, Rabbi, 100 also Jews Joshua ben Chanania, Rabbi, 101, 102 Jewish Messenger, 182 Judah, kingdom of, 45, 48–49, 53 Jewish women in America, 237–38 Judah, Rabbi, 96 Jews Judah Ha’Nassi, Rabbi, 98 assimilation of, 204–6 Judaism in Babylonia, 53–54, 111–12 and Christianity, 76–77 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 303 INDEX 303 converts to, 108, 113, 115, 129–31 Mansour, Anis, 138 Reform, 204–6 Marcus Aurelius, 105 See also Jews Marranos, 139–41 Judas Maccabeus, 67–68 marriage, 194–96, 198 Judea, 63 Masada, 83–87 Herod as ruler of, 78–80 Mattathias, 66, 69 under Roman rule, 81–82 McCullough, David C., 12 Justinian, 107 McReynolds, James Clark, 247 Medina, 108, 109 Kabbalah, 162–65 Meier, Rabbi, 103–4 Karaites, 113–15 Meir, Golda, 209–10, 278–79 Kenyon, Kathleen, 38 Menasseh ben Israel, Rabbi, 159 Khazars, 115–20 Mengele, Josef, 259 kibbutz, 224 menorah, 68 Kiddush Hashem, 100 Meshullam, Rabbi Kalonymus ben, 138 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 59 Messiah Kings, book of, 41, 43–44, 45–47, 48–50 false, 165–70 Koestler, Arthur, 120 Reform view of, 204–6 Kohn, Abraham, 178–80 search for, 93–94 Kompert, Leopold, 186–88 Micah, book of, 101 Koran, 108 Midrash, 13, 101, 102, 103–4 Kovno Ghetto, 261–63 Mintz, Rachel, 264 Kristallnacht, 254 Mishnah, 93, 98–99. See also Talmud Küttner, C. G., 199–200 Mitnagdim, 172 Mnepthah, stele of, 274 labor unions, Jewish, 238–40 Mohammed, 108–9, 110 Lafayette, Marquis de, 191 Montefiore, Moses, 201 Lapid, Arnold, 290–91 Moriah, Mount, 38 Lau, Yisrael Meier, 263–67 Morton, Frederic, 202 Lazarus, Emma, 231 Moses Leah, 14 and the burning bush, 17 Leib ben Ozer, Rabbi, 166 death of, 19–20 Liberson, Techiah, 224–26 receives the Ten Commandments, 19 Lincoln, Abraham, 181–82 Moses, Isaac ben, 135 Lot, 12, 13 Moses ben Maimon.
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