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The Shaping of Jewish Identity in Nineteenth–Century France.

Berkovitz, Jay R.

The Shaping of Jewish Identity in Nineteenth–Century France. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Enlightenment, Revolution, and Emancipation -- 1. The Road to Emancipation -- 2. The Emergence of the "Jewish Question -- 3. French Maskilim and the Paris Sanhedrin -- Part Two: The Beginnings of Modernization -- 4. The Jewish Community: Continuity and Change -- 5. The Flight from Traditional Identity -- Part Three: Tradition and Transformation -- 6. Le Mouvement Régénérateur -- 7. Schools and Schoolmen -- 8. The Ideology of Educational Reform -- 9. The Modernization of Rabbinic Training -- 10. The Struggle over Religious Reform -- Part Four: Jewish Identity in the Second Republic and Second Empire -- 11. Unity and Solidarity -- 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Focusing on the ideology of régénération, Jay Berkovitz traces the social, economic, and religious struggles of nineteenth-century French Jews.

9780814344071


Jews-France-History-19th century.
Jews-France-Social conditions-19th century.
Jews-Identity.


Electronic books.

DS135.F83 .B475 1989

944.004924

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