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How to re-examine Vladimir Jabotinsky, a man whose political life kept him almost constantly in the public eye?

How do we understand Vladimir Jabotinsky’s legacy? Born in Odessa, a celebrated Russian journalist, first-rate novelist, and progenitor of today’s Likud Party, Jabotinsky’s life and work have been rife with contradictions and misunderstandings.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, the world of East European Jewry was transformed by sweeping changes. Political thought has often been sparked by such change – and this was certainly true on the Jewish street. This course will focus on the ideas of Dubnow, Zhitlowsky, Pinsker, Ahad Ha’am, Syrkin, Borochov, Scherer, and Jabotinsky.

Scholar Daniel Heller follows the tensions between urban Betar organizers and small-town Jewish youth as activist movements swept 1930s Poland.