Books by Derek Penslar

From an eminent historian of Zionism comes a masterful new biography of Theodor Herzl

Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity.

A fascinating analysis of how Jews fit into scholarly debates about Orientalism.