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A Society to Further Jewish Integration
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The way in which the Jewish world will merge into the European follows from the above-mentioned principle. To merge does not mean to perish [aufgehen ist nicht untergehen]. Only the obstinate, self…

Contributor:

Eduard Gans

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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1822

Subjects:

Assimilation, Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Enlightenment, Communal organizations

Categories:

Political Culture, History, Historical Writing, Religion & Theology
Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages
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This book is intended as a description of a “traditional society”—that is, a society that saw itself as based upon a body of knowledge and a set of values handed down to…

Contributor:

Jacob Katz

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Date:

1958

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Hasidism, Enlightenment, Class, Community

Categories:

Political Culture
Proclamation of the Alliance Israélite Universelle
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Israelites! If, scattered over the whole surface of the earth and intermingled with all nations, you remain attached to the old religion of your ancestors, however weak be the bond that unites you…

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Alliance Israélite Universelle

Places:

Paris, French Empire (Paris, France)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Emancipation, Enlightenment, Politics, Charity

Categories:

Political Culture