Commonly translated as the “Jewish Enlightenment,” the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did n
Commonly translated as the “Jewish Enlightenment,” the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did n
This volume, written by a range of scholars in history and literature, offers a new understanding of one of the central cultural and ideological movements among Jews in modern times. Disengaging the H
"... A remarkably compelling work of literary scholarship. . . . Pelli plausibly displays a profound knowledge and understanding of the Hebrew Enlightenment literature while studying its evolution an
Shmuel Feinera??s innovative book recreates the historical consciousness that fired the Haskalaha??the Jewish Enlightenment movement. The proponents of this movement advocated that Jews should capture
The conflict between Haskalah and hasidism shaped the world of Polish Jewry for almost two centuries. This award-winning study, a synthesis that offers both breadth and depth, is based on source mater
In Historical Consciousness, Haskalah, and Nationalism among the Karaites of Eastern Europe Golda Akhiezer presents the spiritual life and historical thought of Eastern European Karaites, shedding new
In a penetrating exploration of the various ways memories and representations of the Jewish past have been reconfigured in new historical circumstances, Renewing the Past, Reconfiguring Jewish Culture
Unlike scholars who focused primarily on males in the public sphere in the historiography of Jews in the Enlightenment of late 18th and early 19th century Germany and the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenmen
Between 1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flourished in England. During this time, known as haskalah, or the Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish women in England became the first Jewish wome
In this valuable contribution to Hebrew language studies, Kahn (Hebrew and Jewish studies, U. College London) examines the genre of Makilic Hebrew fiction written during the late Russian Haskalah (Enl