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1 Preface p. 11 General Introduction p. 17 From the Expulsion of the Jews by Maria Theresa to the Dissolution of the Ghettos ( ) Introduction p. 27 The Solemn Procession of Prague Jews in the Year 1741 p. 29 The Expulsion of the Jews by Maria Theresa p. 31 An Eyewitness Account p. 32 Petition of 28 December 1744 Presented to the Governors by the Inspectors of the Prague p. 34 Jewish Community Letters on the Expulsion of the Jews from Prague p. 36 The Childhood and Youth of a Man of the Enlightenment p. 38 A Successful Jew p. 43 An Anti-Luxury Law of the Prague Jews a Hundred Years Ago p. 46 The Moravian Toleration Edict p. 48 A Jew Apprentices His Son to a Christian p. 52 Application by Joseph Brok for Permission to Erect a Wedding Canopy p. 57 Memories of the Family Laws p. 59 Jaikev and Resel p. 60 A Jewish Ball p. 62 An Official Replies to a Community p. 63 The Jewish Flea Market p. 63 The Enlightenment of the Bohemian Jews p. 65 Reform p. 72 Address at the Cradle of an Eight-Day-Old Child p. 73 I Cannot Expect Emancipation until the Day of the Last Judgment p. 75 The Jewish Quarter of Prague p. 76 How the Prague Jews Live p. 77 Cousin Nathan's Adventure p. 89 Some Amusing Episodes from The Jewish Gil Blas p. 91 The Village Jews p. 94 The Bohemian Village Jews p. 95 The Town Jew and the Country Jew p. 101 The Death of the Tavern Keeper's Wife p. 107 Religion and Education p. 109 The Rabbi p. 110 The Bachur or Talmud Student p. 111 A Picture of the Life and Customs of a Jewish Family p. 113 The Cheder p. 116 A Purim Play and Stories p. 117 Ahasverus p. 118 Two Legends of Rabbi Low p. 122

2 Called to the Grave p. 124 The Moving Books p. 124 The Unblessed Child p. 125 The Last Seder p. 125 The Grandfather's Admonitions p. 126 The Companion p. 127 An Expulsion Thwarted p. 127 A Renegade p. 128 Intellectuals and Their Relationship with the Czechs and Germans p. 130 To Vaclav Bolemir Nebesky p. 134 A Jewish Poet Rejected by a Spokesman for the Czechs p. 134 The Revolution of 1848 p. 135 Till the Vltava Flows up to Hradcany Castle p. 136 Alfred Meissner Talks about His Friend Moritz Hartmann p. 137 Hartmann's Impressions of the Prague Revolution of 1848 p. 139 A Pamphlet from Prague p. 142 Two High School Friends in the Country, One Christian and One Jew p. 142 A Jew's Attitude toward the "Nationality Fraud" p. 144 A Rabbi in 1848, the Year of the Revolution p. 145 A Letter from Amalie Taubels to Samuel Holdheim p. 146 Amalie Taubels to Her Sister p. 146 Amalie Taubels to Her Brother-in-Law p. 147 Off to America p. 148 The Age of Liberal Optimism and Religious Indifference ( ) Introduction p. 150 A Teacher's Salary p. 153 The Transition from the Jewish Quarter to Integration p. 154 Between Fear and Hope p. 155 Jewish Liberalism p. 155 A Jew Moves to Louny p. 157 The Former Jewish Quarter after the Dissolution of the Ghetto p. 157 Reaction to Setbacks p. 161 In Those Days p. 164 A Man of '48 p. 165 Country Jews' Occupations p. 167 A Jewish Junk Dealer p. 168 When Did the Middle Ages End? p. 169 The Rise from Small Merchant to Owner of a Sugar Refinery p. 177 Anti-Semitism p. 181 Rural Anti-Semitism p. 182 Prague 1863 p. 182

3 A Czech Poet p. 183 Itzik the Jew, or the Scourge of Brumovice p. 190 Our Mister Fixl p. 197 A New Generation, or Between Yesterday and Tomorrow p. 199 Josef Popper-Lynkeus p. 201 Early Years in Prague p. 205 Experiences of a Young Academic p. 209 From the Discussions and Decisions of the Meeting of Notables of the Jews in Bohemia p. 211 Diversity and Disquiet in the Modern World ( ) Introduction p. 213 Self-Perceptions: Germans, then Jews p. 218 Recalling the Ascent to the German Patrician Class p. 218 Bohemian Country Jews p. 220 The Jewish Bourgeoisie of Prague and the Nationality Dispute p. 223 Czechs of Jewish Origin p. 226 In a Jewish School with Czech as a Mother Tongue p. 227 The Disgrace, or Posthumously Dishonored p. 229 The Prague Jews between Two Nations p. 231 Zionism p. 232 Brod's Road to Zionism p. 234 The New Jew p. 238 The Credo of a Just Community p. 238 The Arab Question p. 239 Looking Back at Prague Zionism after Sixty Years p. 243 Judaism p. 245 My Brother Jiri p. 245 Alfred Miroslav Havel-Ornstein Talks about His Grandfather Adolf p. 258 Autobiography of Adolf Ornstein p. 259 Journey into the Past p. 271 The Jewish Bourgeoisie in Prague p. 275 Remnants of Religious Customs p. 275 The Son of a Religious Household p. 278 Passover at the Lowositz Family p. 282 Jewish High School Students p. 286 Memories of the Prague Literary World p. 287 Letter to His Father p. 290 From Franz Kafka's Diary p February 1918 p. 291 The Misrach p. 291 Intellectual Women p. 292 Advertisement for a Marriage Partner p. 297

4 Guesswork about Kafka's Identity p. 298 Anti-Semitism in a Prague High School p. 298 Boycott p. 300 Growing Anti-Semitism p. 301 The Hilsner Trial p. 302 Demonstrations against the Jews in Dolni Kralovice p. 302 News Item about the Anezka Hruza Murder p. 303 Broken Windows p. 304 Today It Is Unbearable in Prague p. 307 Before the Demolition of Josefov p. 308 Kafka's Conversations with Janouch p. 311 Sidelights p. 311 Smalltown Types p. 313 Letter to a Newspaper from a Jewish Village Schoolmaster p. 314 How Should These Stories Be Read? p. 316 How People Meet in the Ampezzo Valley p. 317 Anti-Semitism: Assimilation Is Not the Solution p. 318 The Jews in the First Czechoslovak Republic ( ) Introduction p. 320 The Masaryk Years p. 325 The Overthrow p. 325 Holesov p. 326 An Embarrassing Saint p. 326 Three Encounters p. 328 Masaryk on the Czech Jews p. 334 Gertrude Urzidil Remembers p. 334 After a Discussion of Karl Kraus's Anti-Semitism p. 336 Urgent Chapters p. 336 The Secret of Jewish Energy p. 338 To the Roots p. 341 The Country Jews p. 342 Vetrny-Jenikov p. 343 The Cemetery p. 344 From the History of the Jews of Kutna Hora and Surrounding Districts p. 345 The Village of Pavlov p. 345 The Empty Nest p. 345 For Eternity p. 346 From Hitler to Stalin ( ) Introduction p. 347 In the Shadow of National Socialism p. 349 Recollections of My Last Years in Office in Teplice Sanov p. 353

5 Ten Immigration Permits p. 361 Prohibitions p. 361 "Deliver Those Who Are Being Taken Away to Death..." p. 363 Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors p. 370 Because of a Measly String of Pearls p. 372 Witness of Her Time: The Trial p. 375 From a Newscast p. 380 Instead of a Postscript Messiah p. 381 Bibliography p. 385 Brief Biographies p. 390 Gazetteer p. 396 Glossary p. 399 Index of Names p. 406 Acknowledgment of sources p. 412 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.

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