Steven M. Lowenstein Collection 2 1960s-2007

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Steven M. Lowenstein Collection 2 1960s-2007

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The Steven Lowenstein Collections documents professional activities of Steven Lowenstein, writer, researcher,historian, and teacher. Documents comprising the collection reflect Dr. Lowenstein’s interests in a wide spectrum of topics related to Jews and Judaism, such as modernity and tradition and their influence on the religion and common folks, Berlin Jews of the upper strata, similarities and differences between agrarian/rural and urban Jews, popularand official Judaism, secular and religious Jews, and other Jewish related topics. However, there is a very small amount of materials related to Dr. Lowenstein’s professional activities other than research and writing.

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