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Thousands of scholarly works have have been using the law as a weap- France’s chief rabbi, had a lot of fea- with the rise of a new form of antisem-
been published regarding the Middle on, not just in recent years, but for the tures that drew me to it: a glamorous itism in the first half of the 19 century.
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East conflict, but only a handful have last 100 years. The recent and highly heroine, a quixotic military campaign, What is it that you hope readers
dealt with the legal aspects of the con- controversial International Criminal an illicit romance and a dramatic dou- will take away from your book?
flict. I wanted to add something to that Court decision (February 5, 2021) rec- ble-cross. But it was really when I dis- I would like readers to come away
What is it that you hope readers area of the academic writing about the ognizing Palestine as a “state” is only covered how important this case was to with a new appreciation for how im-
will take away from your book? conflict, by focusing on how the Jews, the latest example in the century-long the formation of mod- portant this period
To me, the most important thing is Arabs and British used the law during struggle between the parties. ern antisemitism that I was – the first half
for readers to feel tremendous admira- the 1920s and early 1930s to gain Maurice Samuels / knew I would have to of the 19 century
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tion for the people – Israeli and Ethio- leverage against each other and influ- The Betrayal of the Duchess write about it. in France – for the
pian Jews – in the story and how they ence international opinion on the con- Maurice Samuels is the Betty Jane An- What is the main formation of many
managed to carry out this incredible flict. This is the first book of its kind lyan Professor of French at Yale Uni- challenge in writing of the political ide-
operation. I hope people not only think dealing exclusively with these issues. versity. He specializes in the literature a historically based ologies we associ-
it’s an exciting read, but also open their What is the main challenge in and culture of 19 -century France and book, and how did ate with the modern
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minds to the Ethiopian Jews and real- writing a historically based work, Jewish studies. He is also the inaugu- you overcome those world. If modern
ize, like I did, what a special commu- and how did you overcome those ral director of the Yale Program for the challenges? antisemitism took
nity they are. I want readers, when they challenges? Study of Antisemitism. He is the author This was actually shape in part as a
get to the end of the book, to sit back The main challenge in writing a the biggest challenge: result of this case,
and go “Wow!” of several books, including The Spec-
Steven E. Zipperstein / scholarly work of history is conduct- tacular Past: Popular History and the how to stay true to the as I argue, it was
because this period
facts while also gen-
ing years of painstaking research in
Novel in Nineteenth-Century France
Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict various archives around the world to and The Right to Difference: French erating narrative ex- saw so many fun-
Steven E. Zipperstein is the Daniel E. find the most important original docu- Universalism and the Jews. His new- citement and bringing damental changes,
Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture ments. I spent a large amount of time at the characters to life. I Maurice Samuels including the rise
and History at Stanford University. the British National Archives in Lon- est book, The Betrayal of the Duchess: overcame this challenge partly through of capitalism, mass urbanization, rev-
The Scandal that Unmade the Bourbon
He has also taught at universities in don, plus other archives elsewhere in Monarchy and Made France Modern, some lucky archival discoveries. I olutionary movements and the popular
Russia, Poland, France and Israel, and England, Wales and Israel conducting captures all of the scandals and treach- spent years researching the book and press. I try to plunge readers into this
for six years, taught at Oxford Univer- research and finding previously undis- ery behind an ill-fated 19 -century was able to track down many letters tumultuous period and to make it come
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sity. For 16 years, he was director of covered documents, such as the Arab French insurrection led by the mother and firsthand accounts by eyewitnesses alive. I would also like readers to come
the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at offer to sell the Wailing Wall to the of a deposed heir to the French throne that allowed me to get inside the heads away with a new appreciation for some
Stanford. He is the author and editor of Jews in late August 1929 for £100,000. against Louis-Philippe of France. of my characters without having to in- larger-than-life figures – the duchess
eight books, including the award-win- What is it that you hope readers What was it that first attracted vent their thoughts or speech. Another and Deutz – who have been largely
ning The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural will take away from your book? you to the theme or subject of your challenge was how to write objectively forgotten today but who helped shape
History and Pogrom: Kishinev and the During my research, I discovered book? about a figure like Simon Deutz, the history.
Tilt of History. His ar- that nearly all the arguments we hear I first came upon this amazing man who betrayed the duchess, who Tickets are $10 per household per
ticles have appeared in in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today case while researching an earlier book was so universally despised by his event or $18 for the three events. For
The New York Times trace their roots to the early legal battles about Jews in 19 -century France and contemporaries. I don’t try to redeem reservations, visit jfedsrq.org/books.
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Sunday Book Review, between the parties that I write about in couldn’t believe what I was reading. him – he was in many ways a pretty For more information on the People of
The Washington Post my book. It is, therefore, very import- The story of how the Duchesse de Ber- loathsome character – but I do try to the Book series of events, please con-
and The New Repub- ant to view today’s Israeli-Palestinian ry attempted to reconquer the French understand the complex nature of his tact Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.
lic, among other pub- conflict (including the legal conflict) in throne for her 11-year-old son in 1832, motivations. I also try to show how the org or 941.343.2113.
lications. His newest its historical context. The Palestinians and then was betrayed by the son of hatred he provoked had much to do
book, Law and the
Arab-Israeli Conflict,
describes how, from
the 1920s to the 1940s,
Arabs, Jews and the
British all used the
law to gain leverage and influence in-
ternational opinion.
What was it that first attracted
you to the theme or subject of your
book?

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