A house divided
Subtitle: orthodoxy and schism in nineteenth-century Central European Jewry
By: Jacob Katz ; translated by Ziporah Brody.
Series: The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series ;; 27
Publisher: University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Orthodox Judaism -- Relations -- Nontraditional Jews; Orthodox Judaism -- Hungary -- History -- 19th century; Orthodox Judaism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
Description: Eminent social historian Jacob Katz examines the rise and transformation of Jewish communal leadership in Central Europe. His book is a story of fragmentation and polarization that sheds light on the tensions within the nineteenth-century Jewish community in Central Europe as it struggled to respond to the promises and perils of modernization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.