The Waning of Emancipation

The book explores the response of Jewish communities in Germany, France, and Hungary to the rise of Fascism and the erosion of their civil rights. Author Guy Miron analyzes how Jewish leaders navigated the shift from a period of emancipation, marked by civic equality, to a darkening reality under Nazi influence. He investigates whether they clung to historical perspectives from the emancipation era or embraced new understandings to address the escalating challenges they faced in a rapidly changing social landscape.