The Jews of Modern France explores the endlessly complex encounter of France and its Jews from just before the Revolution to the eve of the twenty-first century

Eighteen noted historians and political scientists analyze the history of the Jewish minority in France since the Revolution.

In the first English-language edition of a general, synthetic history of French Jewry from antiquity to the present, Esther Benbassa tells the intriguing tale o

The Jews of Modern France: Images and Identities synthesizes much of the original research on modern French Jewish history published over the last decade. Theme

"Modern Jewish thought" is often defined as a German affair, with interventions from Eastern European, American, and Israeli philosophers. The story of France's