Russia In The 1850s Flashcards

1
Q

Most of the tzars decrees….

Nevertheless….

A

1) we’re not consistently enforced

2) it had every negative effect on Jewish life

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2
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Who is on of the people that tried to help the Jews

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Sir Moses Montefiore

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3
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Wher was Montefiore born

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Into a Sephardic family in London in the late 1700s

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4
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As a result of Montefiore connections with…..

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Rothschild family - they became really wealthy and retired at the age of 40

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5
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How many years did he spent helping Jews

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62

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6
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He dedicated his life to help people live til

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102

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7
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What did Montefiore become

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The rep of the Jewish people to many governments and world leaders

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8
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What did Montefiore remain

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An observant Jew his entire life and admired by Jews throughout the world

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9
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Although Montefiore had no

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Children

Hundreds of Jewish institutions (hospitals,schools,etc) were named after him as a memory

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10
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What happened in 1840

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A blood libel in Damascus, syria

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11
Q

Who was found murderer?
Who was accused?
Who arrested who? What was done to them

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A priest and his servant
Jews
Turkish govt arrested the leaders of the Jewish community
Torched them upon with they “confessed” and imposed a huge fire on the Jewish community

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12
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Who protested?

What did Montefiore do?

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Jews around the world

He was friendly with the queen of England and protested to het

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13
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How did the queen of England respond

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Arranged to meet with then the turkish govt and succeeded in getting the pressure of the jews
And all future blood libels were banned in the ottoman empire

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14
Q

What about the French diplomat during the blood libel

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Knew it wasn’t the Jews

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15
Q

How did wessrern assimilated Jews react that the French diplomat knew it wasn’t the jews ring the blood libel

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Shocked at this revelation

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16
Q

What happened in 1846

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Moses went to Russian to try and make life easier there

He traveled in his own carriage with 6 white horses - the way royalty traveled

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17
Q

What did Montefiore bring when he went to russia

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A letter for tzar from the queen of england

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18
Q

How did the tzar react

This was the

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He was mildly impressed
And he eased up a little on the news

First time Russian govt was made aware that the world cares about how they treat the Jews

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19
Q

Where did Moses travel after Russian

What did he do there

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To Palestine

He established the first community outside the walls of ירושלים

20
Q

What did the community have

first community outside the walls of ירושלים by Monetfiore

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A windmill which was to be used for Jews to earn a living by producing flour

21
Q

What happened in Montefiores and 100th birthday

A

The queen ignited him

22
Q

What age did Montefiore die

By which what

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103 by which he had had given most of his money to charity

23
Q

What happened in 1854 in Russia

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Russia fought and lost the Crimean war to turkey britian France and Austria
About 250,000 Russians were killed

24
Q

What did the tzar realize

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That compared to other countries Russia was very backward

25
Q

What did the tzars ministets convince

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Him that one way to modernize would be to abolish some of the harsh decrees

26
Q

What did the tzar try to do

What was the result

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Reform the govt
Freed the surfs (peasants who belonged to the kings)

Things got slightly better for Jews about 10-15 yrs

27
Q

What was the Jewish life in Germany mid 1800s

A

There were not many Orthodox Jews remaining

28
Q

What did most ppl in Germany believe

In fact there was

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That there was no future for Orthodox Jews in Germany

An organization called “the society for the science of Judaism”

29
Q

What was the goal of this organization

“the society for the science of Judaism

A

To create a mueseum of what Jewish life once was

30
Q

As time went on
What happened to most of its members
the society for the science of Judaism”

A

Converted to Christianity

31
Q

Who is the person most reviving orthodox Jewish life in Germany

A

Rabbi Samson rafael hirsch

32
Q

What did rabbi hirsch devote most of his life to

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Fighting reform and showing Jews that they can enjoy all the benefits and opportunities that Germany was giving them without compromising on their Judaism

33
Q

Where was hirsch born

How well was he educated

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In 1808 in Hungary

A Torah scholar but also educated secular studies as well

34
Q

What did rabbi hirsch give up

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His position as chief rabbi of Moravia (25,000 Jews) to become the rabbi of a small synagogue in frankfort, Germany (100 families)

35
Q

What language did hirsch speak in and to who?

What did he write and comment in? And on what

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1) German - people of his synagogue

2) German - Chumash

36
Q

And what did Hirsh do to Germany

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Preach loyalty to Germany

37
Q

But Hirsh was

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Fiercely dedicated to following Jewish law and customs

38
Q

What was one of hirsch themes in his writing

What’s the greatest thing a Jew can do to accomplish this goal

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Was that Judaism was a mission to civilize the world

The greatest thing a Jew can do to accomplish this goal is to observe Torah

39
Q

Every Jew can fulfill the highest ideal by

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Being observant

40
Q

What did hirsch teach about torah

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It doesn’t change or evolve

When the world changes we apply the law of the Torah to the new situation

41
Q

What did rav hirsch spent years doing

2 reasons for this

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Trying to receive official govt recognition for Orthodox Jews in Frankfurt

1) reform leaders who controlled money from the govt were not finding orthodox institutions
2) Bering part of the same organization as reform implies recognition of reform as a legitimate version of Judaism

42
Q

what was rav hirsh successful in rebuilding

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frankfurt into a major orthodox jewish community

43
Q

when did rav hirsch die

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1888

prior to ww2

44
Q

where did many of the farnkfurt memebers reestablish themselves

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in washington heights manhattan

45
Q

who was in the early 1800s in the city of presbury

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great rabbi R Moshe Sofer the Chasam Sofer

46
Q

What kind of leader was rav Moshe sofer

What did he refuse

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1) major leader against reform
2) refused to compromise or change even the smallest customs bc he felt that change could ultimately lead to assimilation

47
Q

What was rav Moshe a favor of

What about most rabbis

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The opinion that reform could be totally cut off from the Jewish people
However most rabbis didn’t agree