Haskalah

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Haskalah was the Jewish Enlightenment movement of the 18th and 19th centuries that promoted secular education, integration into European society, and religious reform among Jews.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment movement
Jewish Enlightenment
Jewish intellectual movement
aimedAt encouragement of vocational and professional training
integration of Jews into European society
modernization of Jewish life
promotion of European languages among Jews
reduction of Yiddish use in favor of European languages
reform of traditional Jewish education
religious reform within Judaism
secular education for Jews
challenged strict communal autonomy of Jewish communities
traditional rabbinic authority
criticizedBy Hasidic leaders
traditionalist rabbis
definesTerm maskil
encouraged Jewish acculturation
Jewish emancipation
Jewish engagement with general European culture
modern Hebrew literature
reform of Jewish religious practice
use of vernacular languages in Jewish life
hasAlternativeName Haskalah
surface form: Jewish Enlightenment
hasCoreValue civic equality
cultural integration
education
rational inquiry
tolerance
hasCulturalProduct Modern Hebrew literature
surface form: Haskalah Hebrew literature

maskilic periodicals
satirical writings about traditional Jewish life
hasEndTime late 19th century
hasKeyFigure Isaac Euchel
Joseph Perl
Judah Leib Gordon
Moses Mendelssohn
Naphtali Herz Wessely
Peretz Smolenskin
Solomon Maimon
hasLanguage German
Hebrew
Russian
Yiddish
hasMainRegion Central Europe
Eastern Europe
German-speaking lands
Russian Empire
hasSocialGroup maskilim
hasStartTime late 18th century
influenced Hebrew literary revival
Reform Judaism
surface form: Jewish Reform movement

Jewish nationalism
Jewish secularism
Modern Orthodox Judaism
early Zionism
influencedBy Age of Enlightenment
surface form: European Enlightenment

rationalism
secular humanism
opposed Jewish cultural isolation
originatedIn German lands
promoted civic participation by Jews
critical study of Jewish texts
study of European literature
study of philosophy
study of secular sciences
spreadTo District of Galicia
surface form: Galicia

Poland
Russian Empire

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