Neutral Spectators from a Distance? American Jews and the Outbreak of the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3440599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Panter (0000-0002-5793-3114, Leibniz Institute of European History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 218 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel9070218 |
| OpenAlex | W2883949914 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
As the First World War broke out in 1914, American Jews seemed far away from the upheaval in Europe. Yet their role as neutral spectators from the distance was questioned right from the outset because of their diverse transcultural entanglements with Europe. Seen from a specific Jewish perspective, the war bore the potential of becoming a fratricidal war. In particular at the Eastern front it was a likely scenario that Jewish soldiers fighting on either side would have to face each other in battle. For Jews, depending on how one defined Jewishness, could be regarded as citizens of a particular nation-state or multi-ethnic empire, as members of a transnational religious community or as members of an ethnic-national diaspora community. Against this background, this article attempts to shed fresh light on the still under-researched topic of American Jewish responses to the outbreak of the First World War. Although American Jewry in 1914 was made up of Jews with different socio-cultural backgrounds, they were often regarded as being pro-German. The war's impact and the pressures of conformity associated with these contested loyalties for American Jews did therefore not just unfold in and after 1917, but, as this article emphasizes, already in 1914
Ancient history · Battle · Diaspora · Ethnic group · Geography · Jewish state · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · World War II · American History and Culture · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
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Good Americans
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |