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Commonly translated as the “Jewish Enlightenment,” the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, cha
The Jewish Enlightenment
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: Shmuel Feiner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-17 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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At the beginning of the eighteenth century most European Jews lived in restricted settlements and urban ghettos, isolated from the surrounding dominant Christia
The Age of Haskalah
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Moshe Pelli
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1979 - Publisher: BRILL

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The Age of Haskalah is a seminal study of the beginnings of the Haskalah (Hebrew Enlightenment) in Germany in the last quarter of the 18th century. With detaile
Haskalah and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Moshe Pelli
Categories: Literary Criticism
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The author classifies these activities as a "cultural revolution." In effect, the Haskalah was a counter-culture intended to modify or replace some of the conte
Out of the Shtetl
Language: en
Pages: 339
Authors: Nancy Sinkoff
Categories: Hasidism
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