Between Redemption And Revival
The Jewish Yishuv Of Jerusalem In The Nineteenth Century
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 1990
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-0-8133-7855-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the Zionist view of Israeli history, the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem - the Jewish community of the 19th and early 20th centuries - was "a lifeless body ruled by hypocrites, cheats and unschooled rabbis", and its importance was downplayed and ignored in this study of the Old Yishuv, Dr Halper uncovers the personalities, issues, and events that formed this unique Jewish community, the most diverse of any in the modern era. An historical ethnography, this book aims to illustrate not only the critical role the Yishuv played in the emergence of a modern Israeli society, but also the degree to which the Yishuv was representative of broad streams of Jewish culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-7855-8 (9780813378558)
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Content
Relic - Jerusalem at the start of the 19th century; the Sephardis; Ashkenazi days of trial; into the vortex (1831-1840); 1840 - disappointments, disarray, and a new start; the Europeanization of Jerusalem; the Ashkenazis break away; "schools! schools!"; the Nekhalat Shiva generation; Frumkin and the rise of the Khavatzeler camp; Meah Shearim; "Old" Yishuv or "New" Yishuv; Ben Yehuda - beyond the Haskala to political Zionism; the other side of the Yishuv; Sephardis and Eastern Jews; the end of an era; epiologue and conclusions.