-
modernization of
Central and
Eastern European Jews. Its activists, the
Maskilim,
exhorted and
implemented communal,
educational and
cultural reforms in...
- history", and as "the
expression of
Jewish ideals".
Unlike many
other Maskilim, he
greatly respected the
Hasidic Jews for
their mode of
being in the world;...
- of the
Ukrainian Jews
found a
congenial atmosphere in the
circle of the
Maskilim. He soon made the
acquaintance of
Isaac Erter, the
Hebrew satirist, and...
-
knowledge of the
Yiddish language.
Advocates of the
Haskalah (known as
Maskilim, or
Jewish Enlightenment) who
favored the
revival of
Hebrew over the Yiddish...
- came to the fore in 1782.
Hartwig Wessely,
Moses Mendelssohn, and
other maskilim called for a
reform of
Jewish education,
abolition of
coercion in matters...
-
Congress Poland in the 1810s, it was soon
perceived as a dire threat. The
maskilim themselves detested Hasidism as an anti-rationalist and
barbaric phenomenon...
- them,
because his God is the true
source of knowledge; he is one of the
maskilim (משכלים), the wise ones, who have the task of
teaching righteousness and...
-
young man to his
proper bride.
Because Bas
Tovim was so well known, many
Maskilim during the 19th
century attached her name to
tkhines they created. Yiddish...
- the
Jewish Reform movement,
becoming a
prominent member of the Zamość
Maskilim. He was
committed to
Jewish eman****tion,
spoke Polish and Yiddish, and...
- century,
stressing secular ideas and values.
Champions of Haskalah, the
Maskilim,
pushed for ****imilation and
integration into
Russian culture. At the same...
