Patriots without a Homeland : : Hungarian Jewish Orthodoxy from Emancipation to Holocaust / / Jehuda Hartman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Hartman, Jehuda,
• MitwirkendeR: Vardi, Shaul,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

Patriots without a Homeland dissects an important underexplored theme in Hungarian Jewry: Modern Orthodoxy. This study clearly demonstrates that beginning from the late nineteenth century, a strong modernizing trend developed within Orthodoxy based on the adoption of Hungarian national identity alongside the preservation of tradition. Modern Orthodoxy was receptive to the Hungarian language, culture, and religion. However, the attempt to integrate failed.The book traces the journey of Hungarian Jews from Emancipation to the Holocaust and seeks to understand the reasons for the Jews’ complete trust in Hungarian integrity. For instance, why did they believe until the very last moment that the Holocaust would not affect them? How could they fail to notice the impending disaster?This is the story of a community that felt rooted in the land and contributed greatly to its well-being, but was eventually rejected: the story of patriots without a homeland.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: An Appeal to the Christian Public in Hungary -- Introduction -- Part One: From the Well-Being of the Kingdom to the Well-Being of the Nation: Orthodoxy and Hungarian Nationhood -- Introduction: Jews and Nationhood -- 1. The Turning Point of Emancipation -- 2. The Good Years of the Monarchy -- 3. Shaping and Expressing National Consciousness -- 4. Zionism in Red, White, and Green -- 5. Orthodox Judaism and Christianity: Attraction and Repulsion -- 6. The Trianon Era -- Conclusion: The Idyllic Picture of the Past—Fantasy and Reality -- Part Two: Orthodoxy and Antisemitism -- Introduction -- 7. The Monarchic Era -- 8. The Interwar Period -- 9. “What Should We Do about These Attacks against Us?”—Reactions and Strategies -- 10. Internal and External Communication Strategies -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index