Maskil
Americannoun
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Maskilim
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Etymology
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
"Well, well," says the Maskil, more gently, "let us have the rest!"
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
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
On the strength of what he is a Maskil, it is hard to tell—enough that people should consider him one!
From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz
His work is the portal through which the Maskil had to pass, and sometimes passes to this day, on the path of development toward modern civilization.
From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz
Is not the materialism of the emancipated Maskilim often greater than the medievalism of the fanatical Hasidim?
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
The Maskilim of the "forties" and "fifties" were antiquated in the "sixties" and "seventies."
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
Thus lived and labored the first of the Maskilim, an idealist from beginning to end.
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
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