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But because they were dedicated to the 18th- and 19th-century Haskala spirit of
elevating the uneducated Jewish masses, eastern European Jewish poets, short-
story writers, and novelists turned to the lingua franca of the lowly Jews, Yiddish.
But because they were dedicated to the 18th- and 19th-century Haskala spirit of
elevating the uneducated Jewish masses, eastern European Jewish poets, short-
story writers, and novelists turned to the lingua franca of the lowly Jews, Yiddish.
Page 322
Although the 18th century Haskala (Enlightenment) among the Ashkenazim of
central and eastern Europe is often taken as the starting point of Jewish
modernity, the process of Westernization had begun a good deal earlier among
the ...
Although the 18th century Haskala (Enlightenment) among the Ashkenazim of
central and eastern Europe is often taken as the starting point of Jewish
modernity, the process of Westernization had begun a good deal earlier among
the ...
Page 323
As its educational activities began to bear fruit in the wide dissemination of
secular culture, the Berlin Haskala abandoned the use of Hebrew for German
and gradually disintegrated. Unlike Mendelssohn himself, the immediate
descendants of ...
As its educational activities began to bear fruit in the wide dissemination of
secular culture, the Berlin Haskala abandoned the use of Hebrew for German
and gradually disintegrated. Unlike Mendelssohn himself, the immediate
descendants of ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: In 30 Volumes : Micropaedia : Ready Reference and Index. Tiranė - Żywny, Volume 10 |
| Editor | William Benton |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 |
| ISBN | 085229400X, 9780852294000 |
| Length | 1060 pages |
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