Professor Emeritus, History/Judaic Studies
endelman@umich.eduCenter for Middle Eastern & North African Studies; CMENAS Faculty
Education/Degree:
BA, University of California, Berkeley 1968; BHL, Hebrew Union College 1972; MA, Harvard University 1972; PhD, Harvard University 1976
Highlighted Work and Publications
Broadening Jewish History: Toward a Social History of Ordinary Jews
Todd Endelman
In Broadening Jewish History, author Todd Endelman expands the horizons of modern Jewish historiography by focusing on 'ordinary' rather than exceptional Jews, arguing that what those in the wider Jewish community did or felt does more to deepen our understanding of Jewish history than what a few exceptional individuals thought and wrote. His innovative study also makes a strong case for comparative history: only a comparison across national borders can reveal the Germanness of German Jewish history or the Englishness of English Jewish history, and thereby identify what is uniquely ...
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