A House Divided: Orthodoxy and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Central European Jewry (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry) - Softcover

Katz, Jacob

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9781584652953: A House Divided: Orthodoxy and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Central European Jewry (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)
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ISBN 10: 1584652950 ISBN 13: 9781584652953
Publisher: Brandeis University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Eminent social historian Jacob Katz examines the rise and transformation of Jewish communal leadership in Central Europe. It is a story of fragmentation and polarization that sheds light on the tensions within the 19th-century Jewish community in Central Europe as it struggled to respond to the promises and perils of modernization.

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About the Author

PAUL R. KATZ is a research fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

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Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1584652950
ISBN 13 
9781584652953
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
352
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