A House Divided: Orthodoxy and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Central European Jewry

Eminent social historian Jacob Katz examines the rise and transformation of Jewish communal leadership in Central Europe. It is a story of fragmentation and polarization that sheds light on the tensions within the 19th-century Jewish community in Central Europe as it struggled to respond to the promises and perils of modernization.

Author: Jacob Katz
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 01/10/2005
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.08w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781584652953
ISBN10: 1584652950
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | Orthodox
- Religion | Judaism | History

About the Author
PAUL R. KATZ is a research fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.