ZIONIST EDUCATION
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The following is the second half of the test questions in Jewish history. It is hoped that all groups organizing for study this fall will plan their work in Zionism and Jewish history on the basis of the tests that have been printed. We have already received information to this effect. Groups are requested to put themselves in touch with us. Additional copies of the test in Zionism can be had on application. The next few issues of Zionist Education will be devoted to discussion of various phases of the work in America
Questions in Jewish History with Reference Reading
PART II. 20. Describe the economic, social and religious life of the Jews in early Christian Europe. Graetz—Jewish History; Vol. III, Ch. II (VI passim). Abbot—Israel in Europe; Jews in Middle Ages. Philipson—Old European Jewries; Ch. I. Hyamson—History of Jews in England; Ch. II. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. III, Sec. 8 and 9. See Sombart—Jew and Modern Capital. 21. Explain and account for the Karaite schism. What were its effects? Point out effects of Arabic on Jewish culture. Graetz—Jewish History; Vol. III, Ch. V, pp. 127-138. Vol. III, Ch. VII. Simon—Aspects of Jewish Genius; Saadiah (25-57). Greenstone—Messiah Idea in Jewish History; Ch. IV. Dubnow—Jewish History; pp. 108-114. Karaism—Jewish Encyclopedia. 22. Give a short appreciative biography of Halevi and of Maimonides. Graetz—Jewish History; Vol. III, Ch. XI, p. 321-342. XIV. Simon—Aspects of Jewish Genius; Maimonides. Dr. Solis Cohen—Halevi; Menorah Journal. Lady Magnus—Jewish Portraits; Halevi. Yellin & Abrahams—Maimonides (passim). Jacobs—Jewish Ideals and Other Essays; Halevi. Field—Jewish Legends of Middle Ages; Maimonides. 23. Describe the degradation, persecution and sufferings of Jews in Middle Ages. Describe Jewish life in Ghetto. Give account of Jews during the Crusades and the Black Death and Inquisition. Describe the treatment accorded to Jews in Spain under Christian rule; comment briefly on Inquisition and its scope of jurisdiction and its method. Describe life in a Marrano household. Describe expulsion of Jews from Spain. Graetz—Jewish History; Vol. III, Ch. X (XII, XIII, XV, XVII, XVIII pas.), Vol. IV, Ch. II, pp. 54-60; IX, X, XI (XII, XIII passim) XV. Abbot—Israel in Europe; Ch. VI to X, XII, XVII. Abrahams—Jewish Life in Middle Ages. Philipson—Old European Jewries; Ch. II, IV, or V or VI. Liber—Rashi; Ch. I, pp. 18-25, III, 61- 64. Hyamson—Jewish Life in England; Ch. III, IV, V, IX, XI. Jacobs—Jewish Ideals and other Essays, Little St. Hugh of Lincoln. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. V, pp. 76-101. Dubnow—Jewish History; pp. 120-133. Sombart—Jew and Modern Capital. Fiction—Zangwill; Dreamers of Ghetto. Aguilar; Vale of Cedars and Other Stories. 24. Compare the intellectual status of Jews and Non-Jews in the Middle Ages. Trace intellectual development of Jewish life in Middle Ages. Life and work of Rashi (brief statement). Graetz—Jewish History (Same as 23); Vol. III, Ch. X (XII, XIII, XV, XVII, XVIII passim); Vol. IV, Ch. II, pp. 54-60; IX, X, XI (XII, XIII passim) XV. Abbott—(Same as 23) Israel in Europe; Ch. VI to X, XII, XVII. Abrahams—Jewish Life in Middle Ages. Liber—Rashi; same as 23, Ch. I, pp. 18-25; III, pp. 61 to 64; and Ch. II, pp. 39-42; 64-70; XI, XII. Hirsch—Book of Essays; Pfferkorn and Battle of Books. Schechter—Studies in Judaism; Nach- monides. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. V, Sec. 3, 9. Dubnow—History of Jews; pp. 120-133. Fiction—Same as 23. 25. Give an account of the wanderings of the Jews and their settlement in Turkey, Palestine, Holland and New World after expulsion. Outline work of Manasseh ben Israel. Describe return of Jews to England. What is Schulchan Aruch? What has been influence of Cabbala? Graetz—History of Jews; Vol. IV (Ch. I passim); XV (XVI passim) XVII, pp. 610-630 (XIX, XX passim). Vol. V, Ch. II, IV. Abbot—Israel in Europe; Ch. II, 13-17. Greenstone—Messiah Idea in Jewish History; Ch. V & VI. Schechter—Studies in Judaism (2nd series). Safed in 16th Century. Simon—Aspects of Jewish Genius; Jewish Codes and Codifiers; Mysticism. Schechter—Studies in Judaism (2nd series); Memoirs of a 17th Century Jewess. Lady Magnus—Jewish Portraits; False Messiahs; Menassah ben Israel. Hyamson—History of Jews in England; Ch. XIX, XXI. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. V, Sec. 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17. Dubnow—Jewish History; Ch. IX, pp. 129 to ff; X, pp. 134 to 142; pp. 150 to 153. Fiction—Zangwill; Dreamers of Ghetto. 26. Describe autonomous life of Jews in Poland. Describe sufferings of Jews during Cossack uprising. Give a picture of conditions in Poland during the period in which Chassidism took its rise. Graetz—Jewish History; Vol. IV, Ch. XVIII passim; Vol. V, Ch. I and II. Dubnow—History of Jews in Russia and Poland (Ch. I, II, III passim); VI (VII, VIII, IX passim). Schechter—Studies in Judaism (Chassidism passim) Wilna Gaon. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. V, Sec. 13, 14, 15. Dubnow—Jewish History; Ch. X. Fiction—Zangwill; Dreamers of Ghetto. Perez—Stories and Pictures (translated by H. Frank). 27. What was the work and influence of Moses Mendelsohn? Comment briefly on prominent men associated with Jewish learning: Krochmal, Rappaport, Jost, Zunz, Geiger, Steinschneider, Luzzati and Graetz. Explain rise and nature of Haskalah movement. Graetz—Jewish History; Vol. V, Ch. VIII (X passim). XVI. Greenstone—Messiah Idea in Jewish History (244-264). Raisin—Haskalah Movement (passim). Slouschz—Renaissance of Hebrew Literature (passim). Rhine—Leon Gordon; Ch. II, pp. 41- 47; Ch. III, pp. 62-66. Dubnow—Jewish History; Ch. XI. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. VI, Sec. 1 to 8. 28. Describe the life of the Jews within the Russian Pales in the last quarter of the 19th century. Abbott—Israel in Europe; Ch. XXI and XXII. Philipson—Old European Jewries; Ch. VII. Baskerville—The Polish Jew (Pt. I passim) (Anti-Semitic in tendency). Rubinow—Economic Conditions in Russia. Davitt—Within the Pale. Adler—America and Kisheneff. Singer—Russia before the Bar. See Ursov—Memoirs of a Russian Governor. See Wiener—History of Yiddish Literature. Goodman, P.—History of Jews; Ch. VI, Sec. X. Fiction—Perez; Stories and Pictures. (Translated by H. Frank). Helena Frank—Yiddish Tales. 29. Give a short history of Zionist Movement. Give an account of the achievements of Jews in Palestine. Gottheil—Zionism. Article—Zionism in Jewish Encyclopedia. Szold, Henrietta—Recent Jewish Progress in Palestine; American Jewish Year Book (1915-1916). Cohen, I.—Zionist Work in Palestine. Various brochures published by Federation of American Zionists. Sacher—Zionism and Jewish Future; History of Zionism, Jew and Economic Development of Palestine; Cultural Work in Palestine. 30. Give a bird's eye view sketch of Jewish Life at opening of 20th Century. 31. Outline the most important events in Jewish History from May Law of 1881 to Revolution of 1917. 32. Make a survey of contemporary Jewish life. What are the forces tending towards assimilation? What are forces resisting assimilation? What are chief characteristics of contemporary Judaism? What are prospects for future? Cohen, I.—Jewish Life in Modern Times. Sacher—Zionism and Jewish Future; Introduction; A Hebrew University; Future of Palestine; The New Jew. See Ahad Haam—Selected Essays; Introduction (rest of book passim).