Haskalah

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[hah-skuh-lah, hah-skaw-luh, hah-skah-lah] / ˌhɑ skəˈlɑ, hɑˈskɔ lə, hɑ skɑˈlɑ /

noun

1. an 18th–19th-century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more cosmopolitan in character by promoting knowledge of and contributions to the secular arts and sciences and encouraging adoption of the dress, customs, and language of the general population.

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Etymology

Origin of Haskalah

From the Hebrew word haśkālāh enlightenment

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Example Sentences

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Haskalah

The Maskilim, above all, hailed him as the champion of the cause of Haskalah.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Haskalah had to be snatched by stealth, but it was sweeter because thus snatched.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

The advocates of Haskalah gradually came to recognize the truth, which Lilienthal admitted afterwards, that for a Russian rabbi a thorough knowledge of the Talmud was absolutely indispensable.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

To each of them Haskalah implied different ideals, and through each it promulgated diverse doctrines.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Strange to say, he little suspected the tremendous influence he exerted upon the Haskalah movement, but was quite sanguine of the success of his fight for "truth and justice among the nations."

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

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