Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A note on transliteration x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Integration Schemes
7. 1 The Gintsburg Family and the Emergence of a Jewish Enlightenment Society 17
8. 2 Forging a Mission 29
9. 3 The Odessa Branch and Radical Russification 42
10. 2 Confrontations with Reality
11. 4 Confrontation with Anti-Semites 55
12. 5 Pogroms and the Shtadlanut 71
13. 6 Generational Change and New Agendas 80
14. 3 An OPE School Network
15. 7 Designing an Ideal Jewish School 97
16. Developing Educational Networks 115
17. 9 Envisioning New Leaders modern teachers and reform rabbis 129
18. 10 Struggles with the Orthodox Elite schools versus heders 144
19. 4 Nationalism
20. 11 Diaspora Nationalism 161
21. 12 Militancy in 1905 178
22. 13 Building Institutions between the Revolutions 190
23. 14 The OPE in War and Revolution 206
24. Postscript 223
25. Appendix 1. academic subjects at the higher courses in eastern studies 229
26. Notes 239
27. Bibliography 295
28. Index 333