Nexus 2

<I>Nexus</I> is the official publication of the biennial German Jewish Studies Workshop at Duke University the first ongoing forum in North America for German Jewish studies. It publishes innovative research in German Jewish Studies and serves as a venue for introducing new directions in the field analyzing the development and definition of the field itself and considering the place of German Jewish Studies within the disciplines of both German Studies and Jewish Studies. Additionally it examines issues of pedagogy and programming at the undergraduate graduate and community levels.<BR>The second volume of <I>Nexus</I> presents a special forum section on the controversial German Jewish religious historian Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909-80) including contributions by Julius H. Schoeps Hans J. Hillerbrand Eric M. Meyers Laura Lieber Noah B. Strote and Paul Reitter as well as cutting-edge essays that highlight important new developments in the field of German Jewish Studies.<BR><BR>CONTRIBUTORS: Nick Block Abigail Gillman Anton Hieke Hans J. Hillerbrand Martin Kagel Richard S. Levy Laura Lieber Eric M. Meyers Andrea Reiter Paul Reitter Julius H. Schoeps Noah B. Strote Karina von Tippelskirch.<BR><BR>WILLIAM C. DONAHUE is Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Germanic Languages & Literature and Professor Program in Literature and Jewish Studies Duke University. Martha B. Helfer is Professor of German and an affiliate member of the Department of Jewish Studies at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey.<BR><BR>