Haskalah: The Romantic Movement in Judaism by Olga Litvak

Haskalah: The Romantic Movement in Judaism

Key Words in Jewish Studies

Olga Litvak

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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, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe's age of reason....

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