THE IMAGE OF POLISH JEWRY BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1919-1939

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Curriculum Unit THE IMAGE OF POLISH JEWRY BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1919-1939 Jewish Political Parties and Movements Zionists -- Haredim -- The Bund Pilot Edition (Teacher's Guide) by Ephraim Kaye Cover photo: Roman Vishniac, A Vanished World, Nalewki St., Jewish Quarter of Warsaw -- 1938 CONTENTS
1.	Goals and Phases of the Unit	1
2.	Preface	4
3.	Phase -- Introduction to the Unit a. Jewish Demography in 1933 1. Map 1 -- Europe Between the World Wars 2. Table I -- Jewish Demography, 1933 b. Centralization of Jews in Polish Cities 1. Map 2 -- Poland in the Interwar Period 2. Table II (Parts A and B) -- Jews in the Cities of Poland c. Sources of Livelihood of Polish Jews Table III -- Sources of Income of Polish Jews	6 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 13
4.	Phase II -- History of Poland and Polish Jewry in the Interwar Period	17
5.	Phase III -- History of Jewish Political Parties in Poland during the Interwar Period a. Zionists General Zionists Poalei Zion -- Hitahdut (Zionist Labor Movement) The Revisionists Mizrachi --The Religious Zionists b. The Haredim ("Ultraorthodox") -- Agadath Israel c. The Bund d. The Assimilationists	23 24 26 30 33 37 40
6.	Summary Table on Political Parties -- for the Teacher	42
7.	Phase IV: Source Material on Jewish Political Parties in Interwar Poland (Including Worksheet) a. Zionists General Zionists Poalei Zion -- Hitahdut The Revisionists Mizrachi -- The Religious Zionists b. Agudath Israel c. The Bund d. The Assimilationists	43 44 47 50 54 57 63 67
8.	Summary Table on the Jewish Problem in Poland and the Solutions Offered by Each Party	70
9.	Phase V -- Discussion	75
10.	Summary of the Unit	81
11.	Bibliography	86
12.	Endnotes	87