Jewish Hungarian Orthodoxy

Beginning with the informal establishment of Jewish Orthodoxy by a Hungarian rabbi in the early nineteenth century, this book traces the history and legacy of Jewish Hungarian Orthodoxy over the course of the last 200 years.

Autorentext

Menachem Keren-Kratz is an independent scholar from Israel. He specializes in the history of Jewish Orthodoxy, Haredi society, and Yiddish culture and has published widely on these topics, including around 80 articles. This is his fourth book.

Inhalt

Introduction Part I: Up Until World War I 1. Politics, Migration Patterns, and the Formation of Hungarian Jewry 2. Extreme Orthodoxy: Hungary s Singular Religious Strain 3. Jewish Orthodoxy in Hungary Before World War I 4. Hungarian Orthodoxy and Agudat Israel Part II: The Interwar Period 5. Orthodoxy in Interwar Hungary 6. Hungarian Orthodoxy in Transylvania, Romania 7. Hungarian Orthodoxy in Czechoslovakia 8. Hungarian Orthodoxy in Austria, Yugoslavia and Italy Part III: Hungarian Orthodoxy Outside of Europe 9. The Establishment of Hungarian Orthodoxy in America 10. The Establishment of Hungarian Orthodoxy in Eretz Israel 11. Hungarian Orthodoxy in Contemporary Haredi Society Conclusion