The Jewish Contribution to European Integration

Edited by Sharon Pardo and Hila Zahavi - Contributions by Sergio DellaPergola; Dani Filc; Dov Maimon; Andras Baneth; Romano Prodi; Alvaro Albacete; Janet Kerekes; Michael Mertes; Diana Pinto; Hubertus von Morr; Franco Burgio and Emmanuel Macron

This edited collection seeks to present a valuable guide to the Jewish contribution to the European integration process, and to enable readers to obtain a better understanding of the unknown Jewish involvement in the European integration project. Adopting both a national and a pan-European approaches, this volume brings together the work of leading international researchers and senior practitioners to cover a wide range of topics with an interdisciplinary approach under three different parts: present challenges, Jews and pan-European identity, and unsung heroes.

Lexington Books

Pages: 208 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-7936-0319-7 • Hardback • December 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-7936-0320-3 • eBook • December 2019 • $105.00 • (£81.00)

Series: Europe and the World

Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General

The Jewish Contribution to European Integration

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Summary

This edited collection seeks to present a valuable guide to the Jewish contribution to the European integration process, and to enable readers to obtain a better understanding of the unknown Jewish involvement in the European integration project. Adopting both a national and a pan-European approaches, this volume brings together the work of leading international researchers and senior practitioners to cover a wide range of topics with an interdisciplinary approach under three different parts: present challenges, Jews and pan-European identity, and unsung heroes.

Details

Lexington Books

Pages: 208 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-7936-0319-7 • Hardback • December 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)

978-1-7936-0320-3 • eBook • December 2019 • $105.00 • (£81.00)

Series: Europe and the World

Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General

Author

Sharon Pardo is Senior Researcher at The Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies.

Hila Zahavi is director of the Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies.

Table of Contents

1.Jews as the Principal Cosmopolitan, Integrating Element in European Integration

Sharon Pardo and Hila Zahavi

2.Jews in Europe, 2019: Demographic Trends, Contexts and Outlooks

Sergio DellaPergola

3.European Populism and Minorities

Dani Filc

4.Anti-Semitism from a European Union Institutional Perspective

Andras Baneth

5.The Cultural Dimension of Jewish European Identity

Dov Maimon

6.A Union of Minorities

Romano Prodi

7.Contributions of ‘Sefarad’ to Europe

Alvaro Albacete

8.The Trajectory of Jewish Assimilation in Hungary

Janet Kerekes

9.Rising from the Ashes: The Holocaust and the European Integration Project

Michael Mertes

10.The Jewish World’s Ambiguous Attitude toward European Integration

Diana Pinto

11.Walther Rathenau, Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic, and the Promotion of European Integration

Hubertus von Morr

12.Fritz Bauer- a German-Jewish Immigrant at Home and the Rule of Law

Franco Burgio

13.Tribute to Simone Veil

Emmanuel Macron

Reviews

Aside from having assembled an impressive collection of top academics from a wide range of disciplines, this beautifully written book’s main strength is the compelling narrative it tells of the Jewish contribution to European integration. . . . I did find The Jewish Contribution to European Integration a most enjoyable read.

— Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs

“The Jewish Contribution to European Integration is a joy to read – by highlighting and contextualizing the contribution of Europe's first true Europeans to the construction of a European consciousness, identity and latterly its contemporary institutions, it fills a little-known lacunae in European historiography and politics with superb research and insightful analysis."
— Ben Tonra, University College Dublin