Maskil
Americannoun
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Maskilim
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Origin of Maskil
From the Hebrew word maśkīl literally, enlightened
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He came under the influence of a Maskil in Odessa and went away to France where he became a great mathematician and taught in a university.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
There is, first of all, Jedidiah, the common type of the Maskil, working zealously for culture, spreading truth and light in all the circles he can reach, dreaming of a Judaism, just, enlightened, exalted.
From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz
"May my head not ache," swears the Maskil, "for so long as I have forgotten—if ever I heard the lies at all."
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
Only see," remarked the Maskil, "how he looks at me!
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
It is because I regard him as the greatest Maskil of his time that I have dwelt on Maimon at such length.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
The element of nationality, or distinctiveness, the life-giving and soul-uplifting element in all poetry, as Delitzsch justly maintains it to be, was lacking in the German Maskilim, anxious for naturalization as they were.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
The Maskilim, above all, hailed him as the champion of the cause of Haskalah.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
Nor would the Maskilim have accomplished their aim, had the material they found at hand been different from what it was.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
He equally abhorred the fanaticism of the benighted orthodox and the Laodicean lukewarmness of the advanced Maskilim.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
The efforts of the conservative Maskilim were not devoid of some good results, nor even were those of Nicholas, though aimed at Christianizing rather than civilizing, entirely wasted.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
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