Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Hartman, Zvi
Year: 2001
Title: A Jewish minority in a multiethnic society during a change of governments. The Jews of Transylvania in the interwar period
Journal: Shvut. Studies in Russian and East European Jewish History and Culture
Issue: 25
Pages: 162-182
Language: English
Keywords: Jewish minority, history, interethnic relationships, multiculturalism, interwar period, Transylvania, politics, culture, education, zionism, ethnic identity
Abstract: (En) The study of a multiethnic state or region raises a number of crucial political, social, economic, and cultural issues, such as which ethnic group is in power, its relative size within the population, its attitude toward other groups, its economic and social standing, and the way it perceives itself and is perceived by others. Obviously, the scope of such a study must be limited to a specific period, since at any point in time, another ethnic group could seize power and transform the entire system. One of the major issues we shall examine in this paper is how fierce competition between two ethnic groups - in this case Romanians and Hungarians - can affect a third ethnic group, the Jews.
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