A spiritual agitation in the east: the founding of a reform community in Aleppo in 1862
Recently two documents were found in the Public Record Office in London which present new facts about the penetration of modern spiritual streams to the Jewish communities in the Middle East during the nineteenth century. The first document is a report dated August 29, 1862, sent by the British Acti...
| Published in: | Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion |
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| Subtitles: | תסיסה רוחנית במזרח — יסודה של קהילה רפורמית בחלב בשנת 1862 |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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College
1992
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Aleppo
/ Judaism
/ Rabbinic Judaism
/ Rabbinic literature
/ Reform Judaism
/ History 1800-1899
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Summary: | Recently two documents were found in the Public Record Office in London which present new facts about the penetration of modern spiritual streams to the Jewish communities in the Middle East during the nineteenth century. The first document is a report dated August 29, 1862, sent by the British Acting Consul at Aleppo to the British Ambassador in Constantinople, about excitement caused among the Jewish community of this city by the preaching of "one of the principal Rabbins" who had declared himself a Religious Reformer. According to the report, many Jews followed this Reformer and accepted him as their new Chief Rabbi. They also requested the government to approve the separation of the new Reform Community from the Traditional one. Quarrels which occurred at the bazaars between the two Jewish groups forced the local authorities to intervene to prevent disturbances of public order. In consequence, the Governor prohibited the rabbi's preaching and ordered him to abstain from seeking converts. The second document is a translation into English of the reformers' declaration expressing their wish to create a separate community under the leadership of the Reform Rabbi. The aim of this article is to clarify which reforms the Reform Rabbi was referring to and whether the Jewish Reform Movement of Europe bore any influence on this Eastern Reform group. A further question is the identity of the Reformer, his motives, as well as the question how and why he found so many supporters for his ideas in Aleppo. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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