TAILIEUCHUNG - The Haskalah Movement in Ru

To the lover of mankind the history of the Russo-Jewish renaissance is an encouraging and inspiring phenomenon. Seldom has a people made such rapid strides forward as the Russian Jews. From the melancholy regularity that marked their existence a little more than two generations ago, from the darkness of the Middle Ages in which they were steeped until the time of Alexander II, they emerged suddenly into the life and light of the West, and some of the most intrepid devotees of latter-day culture, both in Europe and in America, have come from among them. Destitute of everything that makes for enlightenment, and under the. | The Haskalah Movement in Russia 1 The Haskalah Movement in Russia The Project Gutenberg eBook The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Haskalah Movement in Russia Author Jacob S. Raisin Release Date May 27 2005 eBook 15921 Language En Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HASKALAH MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland David King and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See or http dirs 1 5 9 2 15921 15921-h or http dirs 1 5 9 2 15921 THE HASKALAH MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA by JACOB S. RAISIN . . Author of _Sect Creed and Custom in Judaism_ etc. Philadelphia The Jewish Publication Society of America 1913 _And the Maskilim shall shine As the brightness of the firmament . Many shall run to and fro And knowledge shall be increased_. --Dan. xii. 3-4 Illustration TOBIAS COHN 1652-1759 FROM THE FRONTISPIECE OF HIS MA ASEH TOBIAH TO AARON S. RAISIN Your name dear father will not be found in the following pages for like the waters of the Siloam that run softly you ever preferred to pursue your useful course in unassuming silence. Yet as it is your life devoted entirely to meditating learning and teaching that inspired me in my effort I dedicate this book to you and I am happy to know that I thus not only dedicate it to one of the noblest of Maskilim but at the same time offer CHAPTER I. 2 you some slight token of the esteem and affection felt for you by Your Son JACOB S. RAISIN CONTENTS PREFACE 11 CHAPTER I. THE PRE-HASKALAH PERIOD 17 CHAPTER II. THE .

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• THE PRE HASKALAH PERIOD
• THE DAWN OF HASK
• RUSSIFICATION
• REFORMATION
• CONFLICTS AND CONQUESTS
• CONFLICTS AND CONQUESTS