University / institution contact details
Position: Director
Menasseh ben Israel Institute
Menasseh ben Israel Instituut (Menasseh ben Israel Institute)
Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1
Amsterdam
1011 PL
Netherlands
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: TR
14: Modern: R
15: Regional and National (i.e. in North Africa, Greece, Eastern Europe, Germany, Middle East, Spain, India, South America, United States, etc): R
20: Historiography: R
9. Contemporary Studies: TR
68: Jewish identity and assimilation: R
71: Interfaith studies (including Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish-Muslim relations): R
Description
David Wertheim is director of the Menasseh ben Israel Institute for Jewish Social and Cultural Studies in Amsterdam. He is currently working on a book about the Dutch Jewish neo-Kantian Philosopher A.C. Elsbach and editing a volume titled: The Jew as Legitimation, discussing the various ways Jews and Judaism were represented to legitimize non-Jewish ideas, and how this affected Jewish non-Jewish interaction.
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