How modern is an antimodernist movement?: the emergence of hasidic politics in congress Poland

The various efforts to reform Jewish society in Poland from the late eighteenth century on elicited reactions among the representatives of Jewish society, both among those who supported the reforms and among others, much more numerous, who were less favorably inclined toward reform. The hasidim were...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Wodziński, Marcin 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2007]
In: AJS review
Year: 2007, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-240
Further subjects:B Jewish Culture
B Antimodernism
B Politicians
B Political movements
B Hasidism
B Police
B Jewish politics
B political representation
B Hasidic Jews
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Summary:The various efforts to reform Jewish society in Poland from the late eighteenth century on elicited reactions among the representatives of Jewish society, both among those who supported the reforms and among others, much more numerous, who were less favorably inclined toward reform. The hasidim were, of course, among the latter. All the reforms affected the hasidim, just as they did other members of the community, but certain actions directed against their movement as such affected them specifically. It seems natural, therefore, that hasidim were not simply passive victims of the deeds undertaken by the central and regional organs of the state. It would be hard to expect otherwise because, after all, the hasidim were a party most interested in the favorable resolution of antihasidic government investigations.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0364009407000505