'Uncertain Empire': Historian considers post-World War I shifts that shaped Jewish futures
October 01, 2026
October 01, 2026
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- Clark University posted the following news:
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'Uncertain Empire': Historian considers post-World War I shifts that shaped Jewish futures
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In 1918, amid World War I, Moshe Shertok, then a 23-year-old Jewish soldier serving in the Ottoman Army in Aleppo, desperately tried to predict the outcome of the conflict. Shertok (later Sharett) would go on to head the Jewish Agency's political departm . . .
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'Uncertain Empire': Historian considers post-World War I shifts that shaped Jewish futures
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In 1918, amid World War I, Moshe Shertok, then a 23-year-old Jewish soldier serving in the Ottoman Army in Aleppo, desperately tried to predict the outcome of the conflict. Shertok (later Sharett) would go on to head the Jewish Agency's political departm . . .