Lexikon Deutsch-Jud.13

The Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren (Encyclopaedia of German-Jewish Authors) covers the Jewish contribution to German-speaking cultural history in some 1,300 biographical-bibliographic articles. Besides authors of literature in the broadest sense, representatives of the humanities can be found and other individuals from public life who, through their work, were influential beyond their specialist field: psychologists and psychoanalysts, historians and philosophers, artists, politicians and Rabbis. Authors who published in the German language have been included regardless of their geographical origin. The Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren documents two hundred years of German-Jewish culture and Germans and Jews living together. This period begins with Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) and the beginnings of the Jewish emancipation and ends with the extermination and expulsion of the Jews during the National Socialist era. The encyclopaedia covers individuals who experienced and expressed their Judaism in very different ways: from strict orthodoxy to liberal Judaism and rigorous Zionism. Volume 13 (Jaco - Kerr) covers 49 articles on authors from various spheres of life, including Johann Jacoby, Hans Jonas, Franz Kafka, Ernst Kantorowicz, Friederike Kempner and Alfred Kerr. The structure of the articles: * Name of authors (also pseudonyms) with academic and occupational titles * Life dates and confession * Next of kin (with life dates) * Education * Stages of career or stages of life * Circle of friends * Political, socio-political and Zionist involvement * Attitude towards Judaism / to religion * Journalistic activities and individual contributions * Estate/ Autographs * Letters * Literature / Bibliography * References to material in the Archiv Bibliographia Judaica and to articles by or about the author, published in the microfiche edition »Dokumentation zur jüdischen Kultur in Deutschland 1840-1940« (Documentation on Jewish Culture in Germany 1840-1940). * Works (in chronological order) This unique encyclopaedia addresses students of German studies, Judaism, history, and a variety of other disciplines in the humanities in general as well as literature enthusiasts - all those who wish to know more about how Jews have influenced the cultural and intellectual history of the German-speaking regions.