Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question

Religious liberty becomes a matter of international diplomacy in Lucien Wolf's study of Jewish civil and political rights. Prepared with a forthcoming Peace Conference in view, the volume combines historical commentary with protocols, treaty clauses, official correspondence and other public documents. Wolf treats the protection of Jewish communities as part of the broader development of religious toleration, tracing how governments used negotiations and agreements to address restrictions on their rights.

The contents range from interventions concerning Bohemia and the Congress of Vienna to consular protection, Morocco and proposals concerning Palestine. A later passage examines the dispute over Jewish American citizens' treatment in Russia and the ending of a treaty in 1911. Treaty texts and their interpretations let readers follow the legal language behind these disputes. The book offers material for studying how citizenship, religious identity and diplomatic protection became connected in European and international affairs.