Jews at the Crossroads
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Jews at the Crossroads

Tradition and Accomodation during the Golden Age of the Hungarian Nobility

  1. 333 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Jews at the Crossroads

Tradition and Accomodation during the Golden Age of the Hungarian Nobility

About this book

Examines the social and political history of the Jews of Miskolc-the third largest Jewish community in Hungary-and presents the wider transformation of Jewish identity during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It explores the emergence of a moderate, accommodating form of traditional Judaism that combined elements of tradition and innovation, thereby creating an alternative to Orthodox and Neolog Judaism. This form of traditional Judaism reconciled the demands of religious tradition with the expectations of Magyarization and citizenship, thus allowing traditional Jews to be patriotic Magyars.By focusing on Hungary, this book seeks to correct a trend in modern Jewish historiography that views Habsburg Jewish History as an extension of German Jewish History, most notably with regard to emancipation and enlightenment. Rather than trying to fit Hungarian Jewry into a conventional Germano-centric taxonomy, this work places Hungarian Jews in the distinct contexts of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Danube Basin, positing a more seamless nexus between the eighteenth and nineteenth century. This nexus was rooted in a series of political experiments by Habsburg sovereigns and Hungarian noblemen that culminated in civic equality, and in the gradual expansion of traditional Judaism to meet the challenges of the age.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. A Note on Sources
  6. List of Abbreviations
  7. List of Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: Rethinking the Rhythms of Emancipation and Enlightenment
  10. Chapter 1: Eighteenth Century Pastorale: The Allures and Uncertainties of the Hungarian Frontier
  11. Chapter 2: Crown, Town, Magnate, and Jew: Corporate Politics in Borsod County
  12. Chapter 3: The Hevra Kadisha and the Rise of the Family Syndicate
  13. Chapter 4: Jews in the Time of Cholera: The Epidemic of 1831 and Its Aftermath
  14. Chapter 5: The Kehilla and the Business of Religion
  15. Chapter 6: Educational Reform and Religious Identity
  16. Chapter 7: Széchenyi’s Soup at Szemere’s Table: Miskolc Jewry and the Era of Reform, 1836–1848
  17. Chapter 8: Revolution by Proxy: Jews in the Hinterland
  18. Chapter 9: Coming of Age, 1851–1878
  19. Conclusion: 1878 and Beyond: Two Chambers of One Heart
  20. Appendix: “Words of Peace and Truth”: A Call for Unity byMoses Ezekiel Fischmann
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. Back cover