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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 , 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 , 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

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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 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 , 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

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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 , Rabbi, 100 Herodotus, 2–3, 48 Gaon, Saadiah, 115 Herzen, Alexander, 210–11 Gemara, 98–99. See also 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

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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; 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 , 69 Jericho, 22–24 Antiquities of the Jews, 48–49, 72–73, Jerobo’am, 43, 44, 45 79–80 , 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

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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 , 13, 101, 102, 103–4 Kovno Ghetto, 261–63 Mintz, Rachel, 264 Kristallnacht, 254 , 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. See Maimonides Louis XIV, King, 1 Mukhraka, 47 Luria, Rabbi Isaac (“Ari”), 162–65 Muslims, 108–12, 113–14 Luther, Martin, 156–59 Naghrela, Samuel ibn, 123–24 Maccabees, 66–68, 78 Napoleon, 192–98 Maimonides, 127–31 Nathan, 38–39 Malachi, book of, 118 Nathan the Babylonian, 111–12 Manhattan Project, 252 Naunkin, Vitaly, 127 Mannasseh, 49 Nazis. See Holocaust bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 304

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Nebuchadnezzar, 49–50, 55, 56 Psalm 126, 59 Nehemiah, 61 Psalm 137, 53–54 Nehemiah, book of, 61 Ptolemy Philadelphus II, 63 Newport Synagogue, 175–77 public schools, 240–42 Nicholas I, Czar, 210–11, 212 Pulcelina, Dame, 136–37 ninth of Av. See Av, ninth of Purim, 60 Numbers, book of, 101, 148 Nuremberg Laws, 254 Quran. See Koran

Obadiah, 129–31 Rachel, 14 Omar, Caliph, 110–11 ram’s horn, 22–24 Omar Charter, 110–11 Ravina, 99 Operation Magic Carpet, 280–82 Rebecca, 14 Oshry, Rabbi Ephraim, 261–63 Reformation, Jews under, 156–61 Ottoman Empire, 151 Rehobo’am, 43–45 Rembrandt, 159 Pale of Settlement, 207–9 Renan, Ernest, 108 Palestine Resh Galuta, 111–12 early immigrants to, 224–27 Rigord, 143–45 Jewish wish to return to, 205 Riis, Jacob, 188–90 partitioning of, 273, 274 Ritmeyer, Leen, 42 Mark Twain’s visit to, 222–24 Roman Empire See also Israel, modern Christianity as state religion of, 105–7 Pappus, 96–97 as sovereign over the Jews, 78–87, 91–97 Parfait, Tutor, 47 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 247, 251 Parliament, Jews not admitted to, 202–4 Rothschild, Lionel de, 202–4 Pascal, Blaise, 1 Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer de, 204 , 18, 47 Russia Paul of Tarsus, 93 anti-Semitism in, 207–13 Peel Commission, 273 Jewish emigration from, 283 Persian Empire, 58 Golda Meir greeted in, 278–79 , 72, 73, 83 Rycaut, Sir Paul, 166–70 Philip Augustus, King, 143–45 Philistines, 26–29, 32–35 , 72, 73, 83 Philo, 69, 70–71 Salome, 81 Pines, Shlomo, 127 Salomon, Haym, 178 pogroms, 156 Salvador, Francis, 178 in the Pale of Settlement, 207–9 Samson, 26–29, 132 Poland, Jews in, 151–56, 255–56 Samuel, 30–31, 35–36 Pompeia, 105 Samuel, book of, 30–31, 32–36, 37–39 Pompey, 78 (under Napoleon), 192–98 Pontius Pilate, 82 Santayana, George, 12 primogeniture, 36 Sargon II, 47 Proverbs, book of, 42, 92–93, 127 Sartre, Jean-Paul, 199 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 305

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Saul, 30, 31, 32–34, 35, 37 Temple Mount, 42 Schiff, Jacob, 248–49 ten martyrs, 95–97 schools, 240–42 Theobald, 136 Second Temple, 50, 60 Theodosius, 105–6 Seixas, Moses, 175–76 Tibbon, Judah ibn, 124–27 Seleucids, 65 Tiglath-pileser III, 47 Selim I, Sultan, 151 Titus, 132 , 48–49 Tolstoy, Leo Nikolaivitch, 2 Septuagint, 63 , 61, 119, 159, 160, 161 Shaar HaHakdamot, 163 study of, 91–93, 96–97 Sharef, Zeev, 274–76 See also Talmud Shakir, M. H., 7 Torres, Luis De, 149–50 Shalmaneser V, 47 Touro, Abraham, 177 , 99 Touro Synagogue, 177 Shemayah, 99 Toynbee, Arnold, 1 shofar (ram’s horn), 22–24 Truman, Harry, 177 shtetls, 152, 207 Turkey. See Ottoman Empire Sigismund II Augustus, King, 151–52 Twain, Mark, 2 Simeon Ben Gamaliel II, Rabbi, 95 , Rabbi, 100, 102 Ukraine, 155–56 Simeon ben Yochai, 104–5 unions. See labor unions, Jewish , 62–63 United Hebrew Trades, 239–40 Sis’era, 24–26 United Nations, 274, 287 Six-Day War, 287–89 United States of America. See America Soggin, J. Alberto, 12 Urban II, Pope, 133 Solomon, 39, 40–42, 132 Uriah, 101 Solomon’s Temple, 41–42, 79 Uris, Leon, 273 Soviet Union. See Russia Spain Va’ad Arba Artzot, 152 acceptance of Jews in, 123–32 Van den Haag, Ernest, 3 Jews’ expulsion from, 146–49 Varnhagen, Karl August, 200 The Staff of Judah, 148–49 Vatican II, 133 Statue of Liberty, 231 Vespasian, 92–93, 132 Straus, Lazarus, 178 Victoria, Queen, 203, 204 Suleiman I, Sultan, 151 Vienna, Jewish life in, 199–200 Vital, Rabbi Chaim, 162 Talmud, 93, 98–99, 115, 127, 204, 205 Babylonian, 62–63, 91–93, 94, 96–97, Warren, Charles, 38 99, 100, 102–3 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 260–61, 284 Jerusalem, 100 Washington, George, 175–77, 178 Talmudic Era, 91 Weizmann, Chaim, 268–70, 273, 276–78 Taylor Prism, 48 Weizman, Ezer, 4–5 Temple. See Second Temple; Solomon’s Wiesel, Elie, 253 Temple Wilson, Woodrow, 247 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 306

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Yad Mordecai, 284–87 Zavin, Miriam, 226 Yemen, Jewish emigration from, 280–82 Zealots (biryoni), 82, 91–92 Yerushalmi, Joseph, 3 Zechariah, 101 Yeshevav, Rabbi, 96 Zedekiah, 49–50 , 151–52 Zevi,Mordecai, 167 Yeven Mezulah, 153–56 Zevi,Sabbatai, 165–70 Yiddish language, 152, 243 Zionism, 218–27, 269–70. See also Yishmael, Rabbi, 95 Judaism Yochanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi, 91–93 Zola, Emile, 215–17 War, 289–93 Zygelbojm, Samuel, 255–56 York Massacre, 134 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 307 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 308 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 309 bindex.qxd 6/14/04 3:41 PM Page 310