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For Europe's Jews, owning grand homes symbolized not just wealth, but equality

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish Country Houses, co-edited by Abigail Green, explores the significance of grand homes owned by Jewish families across Europe, which symbolized not just wealth but newfound equality and social status in societies that historically excluded Jews. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryJewish IdentityNazi EraPhilanthropyCultural HeritageEmancipationSocial StatusArchitectureEuropean Aristocracy

Places mentioned

Oberbarnim, Brandenburg, Germany
"The Schloss Freienwalde house, in Oberbarnim, Germany, once owned by Walther Rathenau, a Jewish foreign minister in the Weimar Republic."
French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France
"Stars of David in a tiled floor at Villa Krylos on the French Riviera, built for Theodore Reinach, who founded the first Reform synagogue in France."
Twickenham, Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom
"Drapery at Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, England, once owned by Lady Frances Waldegrave, the daughter of a Jewish opera singer."
Kilkenny, Ireland
"Lady Desart, who built homes for local woodworkers in a model village near her country home outside Kilkenny, became the first Jew to serve as a senator in the Irish Free State."
Berlin, Germany
"Among the many wartime tragedies is the story of renowned painter Max Liebermann, whose success allowed him to build a retreat and villa in Wannsee, a Berlin suburb."
Trent Park, England, United Kingdom
"Another Jewish country house in England, Trent Park, owned by the Sassoon family, was the site of lavish parties in the 1920s and 30s attended by Winston Churchill."
Handcross, West Sussex, United Kingdom
"A Star of David on a stone wall at Nymans, an estate in Handcross, England, once owned by Jewish stockbroker Ludwig Messel."

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