David Itzkowitz is knowledgeable about modern British, European and Jewish history as well as Victorian society. His interests include early 19th century Europe and the creation of modern Jewish identity. He regularly teaches an interdisciplinary course on the Victorian period with a member of the English department. He has written essays on a variety of subjects including the concept of religious freedom as it applied to Jews of Western Europe in the 19th century. His early publications are on Victorian social history, particularly the history of leisure. In recent years, sparked largely by his experience teaching Jewish history at Macalester, he has moved his research into the history of Victorian Anglo-Jewry. Itzkowitz has been teaching at Macalester since 1974. EDUCATION: B.A., Amherst College M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Journal Articles
Review of: Scenes and Personalities in Anglo-Jewry, 1800-2000, by Israel Finestein, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies (2004)
Fair Enterprise or Extravagant Speculation: Investment, Speculation, and Gambling in Victorian England, Victorian Studies (2002)
Review of: Svengali's web: The alien enchanter in modern culture, by Daniel Pick, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies (2001)
Review of: Philosemitism: Admiration and support in the English-speaking world for Jews, by W D Rubinstein; Hilary L Rubinstein, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies (2000)
Review of: Country House Life: Family and Servants, 1815-1914, by Jessica Gerard, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies (1997)
Books
Contributions to Books
The Jews of Europe and the Limits of Religious Freedom, Freedom and Religion in the Nineteenth Century (1997)
Cultural Pluralism and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Religion and Irreligion in Victorian Society: Essays in Honor of R. K.Webb (1992)