German Jews and the university, 1678-1848 / Monika Richarz ; translated by Joydeep Bagchee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richarz, Monika, author.

Contributor:

Bagchee, Joydeep, translator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Dialogue and disjunction

Dialogue and disjunction: studies in Jewish German literature, culture, and thought

Standardized Title:

Eintritt der Juden in die akademischen Berufe. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Jews--Education--Germany.

Jews.

Jewish students--Germany.

Jewish students.

Professions--Germany.

Professions.

Jews in the professions--Germany.

Jews in the professions.

Jews--Education.

Germany.

Physical Description:

xl, 296 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2022.

Summary:

"For centuries Jews in Germany were denied full rights and excluded from gentile society. At the same time, Jewish law restricted scholarship to exegesis of the Talmud. But from the late seventeenth century onward, as German universities progressively opened their doors to them, many Jews turned toward university studies. This process accelerated around 1800 once education (Bildung) assumed a central role for social ascent among the so-called Bildungsbürgertum (cultural bourgeoisie). Many Jews sought to benefit from the professional and social opportunities that university attendance enabled, but they soon discovered that while the state encouraged education as a means of "moral improvement" of the Jews, it was unwilling to concede them the right to professional careers. Alienated from their ancestral religion and unwilling or unable to return to trading occupations, academized Jews often found themselves leading precarious existences. Many joined the struggle for emancipation or took up the reform of Judaism. Now available in English translation for the first time, Monika Richarz's classic study addresses the far-reaching transformation of German Jewry under the impact of university education. It traces the secularization of Jewish education, the significance of academic education for social assimilation, and the loss of Jewish solidarity with increasing acculturation and emancipation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jewish education in the enlightenment era

Jewish encounters with the university before emancipation

Jewish students in the first half of the nineteenth century

The social situation of Jewish students in the pre-1848 Era

The professional experience of Jewish university graduates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Richarz, Monika. German jews and the university, 1678-1848

ISBN:

9781640141155

1640141154

OCLC:

1288197058

Publisher Number:

99991028541