JEWISH LIFE IN MODERN TIMES
ISRAEL COHEN
 WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP
LONDON: METHUEN & Co., 1914
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
EXILES. From the painting by Samuel Hirszenberg
THE JEWISH QUARTER IN AMSTERDAM. From the painting by Prof. Max Liebermann
A JEWISH WEDDING. From the painting by Josef Israels.
SABBATH IN A RUSSIAN HOME. From the painting by Samuel Hirszenberg
THE TERMINATION OF THE SABBATH. From an etching by Hermann Struck
GHETTO MINSTRELS. From the drawing by Leonid Pasternak
WEARY WANDERERS. From the painting by Leopold Pllichowski
A TALMUDICAL COLLEGE. From the painting by Samuel Hirszenberg
THE EVE OF ATONEMENT DAY. From the relief by Henryk Hochinan
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. From the painting by Leopold Pilichowski
THE WAILING WALL IN JERUSALEM. From an etching by Rphraim M. Lillen
THE BEZALEL SCHOOL IN JERUSALEM 
MAP OF THE COMPARATIVE DENSITY OF THE JEWISH POPULATION

CONTENTS
BOOK I
GENERAL SURVEY

INTRODUCTION
I. DISPERSION AND DISTRIBUTION
II. DIVERSITY OF COMPOSITION
III. SOLIDARITY

BOOK II
THE SOCIAL ASPECT

INTRODUCTION
I. THE COMMUNITY
II. THE FAMILY
III. THE HOME: EXTERNAL FEATURES
IV. HOME LIFE AND CUSTOMS
V. PHILANTHROPY
VI. MORALITY
VII. SOCIAL LIFE
VIII. RACIAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

BOOK III
THE POLITICAL ASPECT

INTRODUCTION
I. THE ACQUISITION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
II. SUFFERINGS IN BONDAGE
III. POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND STATE SERVICE

BOOK IV
THE ECONOMIC ASPECT

INTRODUCTION
I. SPHERES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
II.  RICHES AND POVERTY
III. MIGRATIONS

BOOK V
THE INTELLECTUAL ASPECT

INTRODUCTION
I. EDUCATION
II. JEWISH CULTURE
III. CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL CULTURE AND PROGRESS

BOOK VI
THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT

INTRODUCTION
I. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
II. FAITH AND OBSERVANCE
III. DRIFT AND APOSTASY

BOOK VII
THE NATIONAL ASPECT

INTRODUCTION
I. ASSIMILATION OR CONSERVATION
II. ZIONISM

APPENDICES

I. STATISTICS OF THE WORLD'S JEWISH POPULATION
II. IMMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA
III. BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
INDEX OF NAMES

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