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

Example Sentences

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Haskalah

But the tide of Haskalah was not to be stemmed.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Livonia, Jewish merchants of, 22;   Gentiles remonstrate on behalf of Jews of, 57;   stronghold of Haskalah, 193-194.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Hasidim, 65;   their teachings, 66, 67, 150;   spread, 69;   persecuted by the Mitnaggedim, 76, 131;   efforts at reconciliation with Mitnaggedim, 120-121, 260;   reformed, 122;   united with Mitnaggedim against Haskalah, 134;   fought by Maskilim, 168.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

For this reason also I have marked the boundaries of the Haskalah epochs in correspondence to the dates of the reigns of the several czars, though the correspondence is not always exact.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

The very name of the seat of Haskalah was an abomination to the pious.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin