Monday, June 18, 2012

Haskalah - My Jewish Learning

Haskalah - My Jewish Learning: "There was, of course, considerable intel­lectual activity in the life of the ghetto but this was in the traditional mode of study, chiefly the study of the Talmud and the Codes, with no desire for instruction in the new learning that followed on the Renaissance, to which the Jews, with few exceptions, had no access.

Neverthe­less, there were a number of German Jews in the middle of the eighteenth century who had managed to acquire a degree of general educa­tion and “enlightenment.” "

'via Blog this'

No comments:

Post a Comment