Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Culture and History
Angaben zur Quelle:
21,3 (2020) 226-239
Keywords:
Eötvös, József,
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Ungarisch israelitischer Congress
;
Jews History 19th century
;
Neolog Judaism History 19th century
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc. 19th century
;
History
;
Jews Emancipation
;
History
Abstract:
Comprehending the role played by Baron József Eötvös, Minister of Religion and Education, in connection with the 1868/69 Jewish congress in Hungary is of paramount importance in better understanding the events that led to the schism of the Orthodox and Neolog Jewry. To fill a long-standing gap in the scholarship regarding the contextualisation of the congress, its preparations, and its repercussions in the religious policies of the Hungarian government, my paper presents the first year of Eötvös’s alliance with the Neolog party. It shows that the minister’s project of confessional autonomy from mid-1867 fundamentally predetermined the outlines of the congress.
DOI:
10.1080/1462169X.2020.1795489
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