Books
Victorian Values/Jewish Values
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Victorian Values/Jewish Values." Commentary Magazine, February, 1989.Excerpt: In her recent election campaign, replying to a television interviewer who observed, rather derisively, that she seemed to be approving of “Victorian values,” Margaret Thatcher… More
Book Edited: Jews and Gentiles
– Himmelfarb, Milton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb. 2007. Jews and Gentiles. New York: Encounter Books.Abstract : “Includes information on anti-Semitism, art, Bible, capitalism, Catholics, Christianity, Christian Right, communists, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Party,… More
The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2009. The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot. Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written… More
Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb’s The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot – Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision
– Smith, Suzanne. "Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot - Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision." The Harvard Theological Review103, no. 2. 2010.Abstract: In reflecting upon the fact that religious language survives long after the practices and the devotion that gave rise to it have departed, Alasdair Maclntyre once observed that… More
The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2011. The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill. New York: Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: “The history of Judaism has for too long been dominated by the theme of antisemitism, reducing Judaism to the recurrent saga of persecution and the struggle for… More
Review of Peoples of the Book: Philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill in The American Spectator
– Roberts, Andrew, "Profiles in Courage." The American Spectator. March 28, 2012.Abstract: At a time when physical attacks on synagogues, cemeteries, and individual Jews have been increasing exponentially year-on-year across the United Kingdom, it is heartening to hear… More
‘Der Alte Jude’: The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "'Der Alte Jude': The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli." The Weekly Standard, May 6, 2016.Excerpt A recent book in the Yale University Press series on “Jewish Lives,” a biography of the nineteenth-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, opens provocatively:… More
The Jewish Question: Then and Now
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Jewish Question: Then and Now." The Weekly Standard, June 20, 2016.Excerpt: Since the Charlie Hebdo affair a year-and-a-half ago and the gratuitous, as it seemed, attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, the condition of Jews in France has been a subject… More
Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman
– Abelman, Asael. "Anglo-Jewish Attitudes." Mosaic magazine. July 20, 2017.Excerpt: The cultural historian Gertrude Himmelfarb has arguably done more than anyone to shape our understanding of Victorian Britain. She has also written books on the 18th-century… More
Essays
Victorian Values/Jewish Values
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Victorian Values/Jewish Values." Commentary Magazine, February, 1989.Excerpt: In her recent election campaign, replying to a television interviewer who observed, rather derisively, that she seemed to be approving of “Victorian values,” Margaret Thatcher… More
Book Edited: Jews and Gentiles
– Himmelfarb, Milton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb. 2007. Jews and Gentiles. New York: Encounter Books.Abstract : “Includes information on anti-Semitism, art, Bible, capitalism, Catholics, Christianity, Christian Right, communists, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Party,… More
The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2009. The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot. Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written… More
Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb’s The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot – Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision
– Smith, Suzanne. "Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot - Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision." The Harvard Theological Review103, no. 2. 2010.Abstract: In reflecting upon the fact that religious language survives long after the practices and the devotion that gave rise to it have departed, Alasdair Maclntyre once observed that… More
The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2011. The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill. New York: Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: “The history of Judaism has for too long been dominated by the theme of antisemitism, reducing Judaism to the recurrent saga of persecution and the struggle for… More
Review of Peoples of the Book: Philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill in The American Spectator
– Roberts, Andrew, "Profiles in Courage." The American Spectator. March 28, 2012.Abstract: At a time when physical attacks on synagogues, cemeteries, and individual Jews have been increasing exponentially year-on-year across the United Kingdom, it is heartening to hear… More
‘Der Alte Jude’: The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "'Der Alte Jude': The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli." The Weekly Standard, May 6, 2016.Excerpt A recent book in the Yale University Press series on “Jewish Lives,” a biography of the nineteenth-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, opens provocatively:… More
The Jewish Question: Then and Now
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Jewish Question: Then and Now." The Weekly Standard, June 20, 2016.Excerpt: Since the Charlie Hebdo affair a year-and-a-half ago and the gratuitous, as it seemed, attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, the condition of Jews in France has been a subject… More
Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman
– Abelman, Asael. "Anglo-Jewish Attitudes." Mosaic magazine. July 20, 2017.Excerpt: The cultural historian Gertrude Himmelfarb has arguably done more than anyone to shape our understanding of Victorian Britain. She has also written books on the 18th-century… More
Commentary
Victorian Values/Jewish Values
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Victorian Values/Jewish Values." Commentary Magazine, February, 1989.Excerpt: In her recent election campaign, replying to a television interviewer who observed, rather derisively, that she seemed to be approving of “Victorian values,” Margaret Thatcher… More
Book Edited: Jews and Gentiles
– Himmelfarb, Milton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb. 2007. Jews and Gentiles. New York: Encounter Books.Abstract : “Includes information on anti-Semitism, art, Bible, capitalism, Catholics, Christianity, Christian Right, communists, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Party,… More
The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2009. The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot. Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written… More
Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb’s The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot – Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision
– Smith, Suzanne. "Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot - Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision." The Harvard Theological Review103, no. 2. 2010.Abstract: In reflecting upon the fact that religious language survives long after the practices and the devotion that gave rise to it have departed, Alasdair Maclntyre once observed that… More
The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2011. The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill. New York: Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: “The history of Judaism has for too long been dominated by the theme of antisemitism, reducing Judaism to the recurrent saga of persecution and the struggle for… More
Review of Peoples of the Book: Philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill in The American Spectator
– Roberts, Andrew, "Profiles in Courage." The American Spectator. March 28, 2012.Abstract: At a time when physical attacks on synagogues, cemeteries, and individual Jews have been increasing exponentially year-on-year across the United Kingdom, it is heartening to hear… More
‘Der Alte Jude’: The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "'Der Alte Jude': The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli." The Weekly Standard, May 6, 2016.Excerpt A recent book in the Yale University Press series on “Jewish Lives,” a biography of the nineteenth-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, opens provocatively:… More
The Jewish Question: Then and Now
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Jewish Question: Then and Now." The Weekly Standard, June 20, 2016.Excerpt: Since the Charlie Hebdo affair a year-and-a-half ago and the gratuitous, as it seemed, attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, the condition of Jews in France has been a subject… More
Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman
– Abelman, Asael. "Anglo-Jewish Attitudes." Mosaic magazine. July 20, 2017.Excerpt: The cultural historian Gertrude Himmelfarb has arguably done more than anyone to shape our understanding of Victorian Britain. She has also written books on the 18th-century… More
Multimedia
Victorian Values/Jewish Values
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Victorian Values/Jewish Values." Commentary Magazine, February, 1989.Excerpt: In her recent election campaign, replying to a television interviewer who observed, rather derisively, that she seemed to be approving of “Victorian values,” Margaret Thatcher… More
Book Edited: Jews and Gentiles
– Himmelfarb, Milton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb. 2007. Jews and Gentiles. New York: Encounter Books.Abstract : “Includes information on anti-Semitism, art, Bible, capitalism, Catholics, Christianity, Christian Right, communists, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Party,… More
The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2009. The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot. Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written… More
Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb’s The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot – Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision
– Smith, Suzanne. "Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot - Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision." The Harvard Theological Review103, no. 2. 2010.Abstract: In reflecting upon the fact that religious language survives long after the practices and the devotion that gave rise to it have departed, Alasdair Maclntyre once observed that… More
The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2011. The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill. New York: Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: “The history of Judaism has for too long been dominated by the theme of antisemitism, reducing Judaism to the recurrent saga of persecution and the struggle for… More
Review of Peoples of the Book: Philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill in The American Spectator
– Roberts, Andrew, "Profiles in Courage." The American Spectator. March 28, 2012.Abstract: At a time when physical attacks on synagogues, cemeteries, and individual Jews have been increasing exponentially year-on-year across the United Kingdom, it is heartening to hear… More
‘Der Alte Jude’: The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "'Der Alte Jude': The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli." The Weekly Standard, May 6, 2016.Excerpt A recent book in the Yale University Press series on “Jewish Lives,” a biography of the nineteenth-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, opens provocatively:… More
The Jewish Question: Then and Now
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Jewish Question: Then and Now." The Weekly Standard, June 20, 2016.Excerpt: Since the Charlie Hebdo affair a year-and-a-half ago and the gratuitous, as it seemed, attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, the condition of Jews in France has been a subject… More
Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman
– Abelman, Asael. "Anglo-Jewish Attitudes." Mosaic magazine. July 20, 2017.Excerpt: The cultural historian Gertrude Himmelfarb has arguably done more than anyone to shape our understanding of Victorian Britain. She has also written books on the 18th-century… More
Teaching
Victorian Values/Jewish Values
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Victorian Values/Jewish Values." Commentary Magazine, February, 1989.Excerpt: In her recent election campaign, replying to a television interviewer who observed, rather derisively, that she seemed to be approving of “Victorian values,” Margaret Thatcher… More
Book Edited: Jews and Gentiles
– Himmelfarb, Milton, and Gertrude Himmelfarb. 2007. Jews and Gentiles. New York: Encounter Books.Abstract : “Includes information on anti-Semitism, art, Bible, capitalism, Catholics, Christianity, Christian Right, communists, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Party,… More
The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2009. The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot. Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written… More
Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb’s The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot – Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision
– Smith, Suzanne. "Review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot - Judaism and the Human Future: A Victorian Vision." The Harvard Theological Review103, no. 2. 2010.Abstract: In reflecting upon the fact that religious language survives long after the practices and the devotion that gave rise to it have departed, Alasdair Maclntyre once observed that… More
The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. 2011. The people of the book: philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill. New York: Encounter Books.Review from Amazon: “The history of Judaism has for too long been dominated by the theme of antisemitism, reducing Judaism to the recurrent saga of persecution and the struggle for… More
Review of Peoples of the Book: Philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill in The American Spectator
– Roberts, Andrew, "Profiles in Courage." The American Spectator. March 28, 2012.Abstract: At a time when physical attacks on synagogues, cemeteries, and individual Jews have been increasing exponentially year-on-year across the United Kingdom, it is heartening to hear… More
‘Der Alte Jude’: The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "'Der Alte Jude': The Jewish Life of Benjamin Disraeli." The Weekly Standard, May 6, 2016.Excerpt A recent book in the Yale University Press series on “Jewish Lives,” a biography of the nineteenth-century British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, opens provocatively:… More
The Jewish Question: Then and Now
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Jewish Question: Then and Now." The Weekly Standard, June 20, 2016.Excerpt: Since the Charlie Hebdo affair a year-and-a-half ago and the gratuitous, as it seemed, attack on the kosher supermarket in Paris, the condition of Jews in France has been a subject… More
Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman
– Abelman, Asael. "Anglo-Jewish Attitudes." Mosaic magazine. July 20, 2017.Excerpt: The cultural historian Gertrude Himmelfarb has arguably done more than anyone to shape our understanding of Victorian Britain. She has also written books on the 18th-century… More