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Jews, Money and History - An End to Conspiratorial Fantasies

By Jonathan Kirsch

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/twelvetwelve/item/jews_money_and_history_-_an_end_to_conspiratorial_fantasies_39100326

The title of Jerry Z. Muller’s book, “Capitalism and the Jews” is a bit off-putting. Indeed, the author himself understands how the phrase resonates for the Jewish reader. But Muller, a professor of history at the Catholic University of America, also insists that it is impossible to study the history of the Jewish people without examining and understanding the role that Jews have played over the centuries in commerce and capitalism, starting with money-lending and culminating in the vast family fortunes that turned the name “Rothschild” into a trope for money and power. Muller takes the subject of Jews and money away from the anti-Semitism and offers a kind of midrash on money.

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Comments:	A friend has recommended you read the following from The Jewish Journal... Jews, Money and History - An End to Conspiratorial Fantasies The title of Jerry Z. Muller’s book, “Capitalism and the Jews” is a bit off-putting. Indeed, the author himself understands how the phrase resonates for the Jewish reader. But Muller, a professor of history at the Catholic University of America, also insists that it is impossible to study the history of the Jewish people without examining and understanding the role that Jews have played over the centuries in commerce and capitalism, starting with money-lending and culminating in the vast family fortunes that turned the name “Rothschild” into a trope for money and power. Muller takes the subject of Jews and money away from the anti-Semitism and offers a kind of midrash on money. http://www.jewishjournal.com/twelvetwelve/item/jews_money_and_history_-_an_end_to_conspiratorial_fantasies_39100326 Sign up for our free email news alerts at http://www.jewishjournal.com/email.

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