Revolution—the term is derived from the Latin revolutio, meaning “upheaval.” A revolution is always preceded by the realization that the existing order must be dissolved, changed, or at least reinterpreted. We are devoting this issue of JMB Journal to the major and minor upheavals that change the world.
It is said that Jews have a particular penchant for protest, but is there something to this claim? Moshe Zimmermann examines this question in his article
in the following pages. You will also read about the three major Jewish revolts of antiquity, the impact of the Polish protests of 1968 on the country’s Jewish population, and the new ways in which the digital revolution allows us to represent history and portray our modern world. Program Director Léontine Meijer-van Mensch discusses museum revolutions in an interview, and two diaries from our family collections present different perspectives on the historical revolution of 1918 and its consequences.
