‘The Air of Amsterdam Makes One Wise’. Outlines of a Critical Jewish History of the City
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| Publication date | 12-2023 |
| Journal | Studia Rosenthaliana |
| Volume | Issue number | 49 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 216-237 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
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| Abstract | This article studies the rise of Jewish urban history and argues for a diasporic reading of Jewish urban cultures that addresses three lenses: location, bilocation, and dislocation. The eighteenth-century history of Amsterdam Ashkenazim serves as a prime case study for analysing diasporic bilocation and the formation and growth of a local Amsterdam Jewish identity. Spatial practices demonstrate how Jews and non-Jews mixed and testify to the entangled nature of late early modern Jewish urban cultures. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.5117/SR2023.2.004.WALL |
| Published at | https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/SR2023.2.004.WALL |
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