{"product_id":"german-jews-and-the-university-1678-1848-9781640141155","title":"German Jews and the University, 1678-1848","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the gradual opening of university education in Germany to Jews, its significance for assimilation to the bourgeoisie, and the legal restrictions that nonetheless barred Jewish graduates from most professional careers.  For centuries Jews in Germany were denied full rights and excluded from gentile society. At the same time, Jewish law restricted scholarship to exegesis of the Talmud. But from the late seventeenth century onward, as German universities progressively opened their doors to them, many Jews turned toward university studies. This process accelerated around 1800 once education (Bildung) assumed a central role for social ascent among the so-called Bildungsbürgertum (cultural bourgeoisie). Many Jews sought to benefit from the professional and social opportunities that university attendance enabled, but they soon discovered that while the state encouraged education as a means of the \"moral improvement\" of the Jews, it was unwilling to concede them the right to professional careers. Alienated from their ancestral religion and unwilling or unable to return to trading occupations, academized Jews often found themselves leading precarious existences. Many joined the struggle for emancipation or took up the reform of Judaism. Now available in English translation for the first time, Monika Richarz's classic study addresses the far-reaching transformation of German Jewry under the impact of university education. It traces the secularization of Jewish education, the significance of academic education for social assimilation, and the loss of Jewish solidarity with increasing acculturation and emancipation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonika Richarz's in-depth study of Jewish students in German universities has long been required reading for scholars of German-Jewish history. That it is now being made available in the English language is a most welcome development.  The author's thorough research and insightful presentation will inform and impress widening circles of grateful new readers. -- Michael A. Meyer, Adolph S. Ochs Professor Emeritus of Jewish History, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion\u003cbr\u003eMonika Richarz's pioneering study of Jews' entry into the German universities reveals important dimensions of German and German-Jewish history. Her scrupulously researched monograph illuminates essential social and cultural ambiguities and tensions. All students of modern Jewish history will benefit from this English translation. -- David Sorkin, Lucy G. Moses Professor of History, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the English Edition   Foreword to the German Edition   Preface  to the German Edition   Translator's Note   List of Abbreviations   1: Jewish Education in the Enlightenment Era   2: Jewish Encounters with the University before Emancipation   3: Jewish Students in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century   4: The Social Situation of Jewish Students in the pre-1848 Era   5: The Professional Experience of Jewish University Graduates   Conclusion   Documents   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49410977956183,"sku":"9781640141155","price":89.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781640141155.jpg?v=1730511964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/german-jews-and-the-university-1678-1848-9781640141155","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}