Jewish Liberal Politics in Tsarist Russia, 1900-14

Contrary general perceptions concerning Russia during this era, Jewish political activities continued beyond 1907, and given the political limits of Tsarist Russia, transformed and modernized Jewish society to the fullest extent possible. From 1900 to 1914 Jewish Liberals initiated, organised and coordinated various forms of Jewish representation in Russian politics in order to achieve legal emancipation, national- cultural autonomy and even more important the integration of Russian Jews into a modernizing Russian society and economy.

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Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Introduction - The Emergence of Jewish Liberals in Russia: from Acculturation to Revolution - The Revolution of 1905 and the Struggle for Legal Emancipation - The Road towards Self- Determination: New Elections, the Second Duma and the Search for a New Approach - Jewish Liberal Politics from 1908 to 1911: Re-organisation, Determination and the Beginning of 'Organic Work' - The 'Dark Years' after Stolypin: Anti-Semitism, Cooperation and the peak of 'Organic Work' - Conclusion: The Russian-Jewish Liberals and Their Position in European- Jewish History - Bibliography - Index