Jews at the crossroads : tradition and accommodation during the golden age of the Hungarian nobility, 1729-1878 / Howard N. Lupovitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lupovitch, Howard N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Hungary--Miskolc--History--18th century.

Jews.

Jews--Hungary--Miskolc--History--19th century.

Jews--Hungary--Miskolc--Politics and government--18th century.

Jews--Hungary--Miskolc--Politics and government--19th century.

Jews--Emancipation--Hungary--Miskolc.

Jewish leadership--Hungary--Miskolc--History.

Jewish leadership.

Miskolc (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.

Miskolc (Hungary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

A Note on Sources

List of Abbreviations

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction. Rethinking the Rhythms of Emancipation and Enlightenment

Chapter 1 Eighteenth Century Pastorale: The Allures and Uncertainties of the Hungarian Frontier

Chapter 2 Crown, Town, Magnate, and Jew: Corporate Politics in Borsod County

Chapter 3 The Hevra Kadisha and the Rise of the Family Syndicate

Chapter 4 Jews in the Time of Cholera: The Epidemic of 1831 and Its Aftermath

Chapter 5 The Kehilla and the Business of Religion

Chapter 6 Educational Reform and Religious Identity

Chapter 7 Széchenyi’s Soup at Szemere’s Table: Miskolc Jewry and the Era of Reform, 1836–1848

Chapter 8 Revolution by Proxy: Jews in the Hinterland

Chapter 9 Coming of Age, 1851–1878

Conclusion 1878 and Beyond: Two Chambers of One Heart

Appendix “Words of Peace and Truth”: A Call for Unity by Moses Ezekiel Fischmann

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72033-1

978-615-5211-31-7

978-6-15521-131-7

9786155211317

615-5211-31-0

1-281-37669-8

9786611376697

1-4294-5846-1

9781003720331

OCLC:

213304392