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	Podcast:		The Foundation for Jewish Studies
	Episode:		Prophets of the Past: Interpreters of Jewish History
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		01:03:45
	Publish Date:		2010-10-12 18:00:00
	Description:		Speaker: Dr. Michael Brenner, Chair of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich in GermanyLocation: Georgetown University; Washington, DCProfessor Michael Brenner examines in depth how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history, beginning with nineteenth-century Germany. History proved to be a uniquely powerful weapon for modern Jewish scholars during a period when they had no nation or army to fight for their ideological and political objectives, whether the goal was Jewish emancipation, diasporic autonomy or the creation of a Jewish state.
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