Book: A House Divided: Orthodoxy And Schism In Nineteenth-century Central European Jewry Eminent social historian Jacob Katz examines the rise and transformation of Jewish communal leadership in Central Europe. It is a story of fragmentation and polarization that sheds light on the tensions within the 19th-century Jewish community in Central Europe as it struggled to respond to the promises and perils of modernization.
Details of Book: A House Divided: Orthodoxy And Schism In Nineteenth-century Central European Jewry Book: A House Divided: Orthodoxy And Schism In Nineteenth-century Central European Jewry
Author: Jacob Katz, Ziporah Brody
ISBN: 1584652950
ISBN-13: 9781584652953
, 978-1584652953
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jan 2005
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Number of Pages: 352
Language: English