contribution of European Jewry to modern culture
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The contribution of European Jewry to modern culture
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberR940.531803/002
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04017a
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Facts on File, Yad Vashem
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2000
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp1-4
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0816043337
NotesArticle from the book 'Encyclopedia of the Holocaust' pp1-4
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Discusses the integration of the Jews into European society and culture, starting with the birth of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) in the late eighteenth century, which brought with it a gradual but profound change in the identity and culture of a large segment of Europe's Jews.