Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Juden in der Čechoslovakischen Republik IX
Annual of the Association for the History of the Jews in the Čechoslovak Republic IX
Contributor(s): Samuel Steinherz (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
Published by: CEEOL Collections / Digital Reproductions
Summary/Abstract: this eBook is a "Digsimile" (digital Facsimile)-Edition of the original volume published in 1938. The series of the annuals have been started by a group of young historians of the Jweish community of Bohemia who,, after the first World War and for the first time in history, got access to the archives in Prague and in Vienna.
Series: CEEOL COLLECTION JUDAICA
- E-ISBN-13: 978-3-946993-00-1
- Page Count: 466
- Publication Year: 2016
- Language: German
Otto Stobbe und die Rechtsgeschichte der Juden
Otto Stobbe und die Rechtsgeschichte der Juden
(Otto Stobbe and the Jewish History of Law)
- Author(s):Guido Kisch
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Jewish studies, History of Law, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:1-42
- No. of Pages:42
- Keywords:Jewish Law; Ernst Landsberg;
- Summary/Abstract:Hardly any part of the history of the Jews has so far been as neglected as the legal history of the Jews in medieval and modern times. It is a special, however very large scientific area, even an independent science with wide branching, comprising an era of about one and a half millennia, based on both history as well as on law, offering an undreamt-of abundance of legal historical material and historical, legal and sociological problems presents. These aspects have almost entirely eluded, even to the present day, any systematic scientific work, any historical collection, judicial comprehension and sociological lighting. And yet today, less than ever, a particular justification for the importance of this field of research is needed.
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Or Sarua als Geschichtsquelle
Or Sarua als Geschichtsquelle
(Or Sarua as a Source for Historiography)
- Author(s):J. Kahan
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:43-100
- No. of Pages:58
- Keywords:Jewish Law; Abigdor ha-Kohen;
- Summary/Abstract:A source not unimportant to the history of the Jews in the Middle Ages are the responses and the decisoric works of the Jewish scholars. It is true that the historical moment in the treatment of the historical substance takes a back seat, because both the questioner and the spender of the ans-wer are concerned with the decision of the ritual law, but the historical core is all the more diffe-rent from the treated law topic. (Comprehensive in the Yearbook of the Society, VIII, B. Suler "Rabbinische Geschichtsquellen p. 27 ff.) In this regard, the work of Rabbi Yitzhak Or Sarua deserves special attention.
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Rabbinische Geschichtsquellen
Rabbinische Geschichtsquellen
(Rabbinic Sources of Historiography)
- Author(s):B. Suler
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:101-170
- No. of Pages:70
- Keywords:Rabbi Israel ben R. Chajim Bruna;
- Summary/Abstract:The excerpts from 33 Responses of Rabbi Israel ben R. Chajim Bruna used here are divided into 21 pieces according to the individual events, each piece comprising the entire material, even if it is taken from various responses, which refers to the relevant event. The majority of them are of great and greatest importance for the history or cultural history of the Jews in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the 15th century. Here is a brief overview of the content and the value of the more important pieces of interest to us, which should also serve as an explanation of the events and instructions for a deeper understanding of the context.
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Sage und Geschichte
Sage und Geschichte
(Legend and History)
- Author(s):Samuel Steinherz
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:171-198
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:Emek Habacha; David Gans; Maximilian II; Ferdinand I;
- Summary/Abstract:Among the thousands of tombstones from the 15th to the 18th century, the old Jewish cemetery in Prague contains a 1592 stone dedicated to Mardochai Kohen and his son Bezalel. The inscription on the tombstone dedicated to Mardochai reads: "Here lies a righteous, head and chief; he often obviated expulsions, gave up his life, moved to Rome, and convinced the pope to absolve the emperor from his oath." These words go far beyond the praise that is common in epitaphs. In succinct brevity, they describe Mardochai as a man who has done amazing things. He, a Jew of Prague, acted on the head of Christendom; he appointed the pope to discharge the emperor of his oath. Which pope and which emperor are meant here?
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Zur Geschichte der Juden in Teltsch
Zur Geschichte der Juden in Teltsch
(On the History of Jews in Telč)
- Author(s):Michael Rachmuth
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:199-242
- No. of Pages:43
- Keywords:Jewish merchants; Christian merchants; Jewish tax;
- Summary/Abstract:The history of the Jewish community in Telč (Moravia), which numbered 93 souls as late as 1921, has not yet been published, with the exception of a few short notes by Beringer and Janousek on the history of the city and the rule of Teltsch (Telč). And yet the history of this small Jewish community provides us with events of general interest. So the otherwise seldom found fact that in 1651 the city purchased from its landlord Wilhelm Count Slawata the establishment of a numerus clausus of only three Jewish families by obliging them to pay a Jewish tax (Židoplat) per 30 fl to be paid to the count's pension in two half-yearly installments. The trial of the brothers Josef and Moses Hesky, who were accused of fraudulent bankruptcy in 1667, is neither without general interest, since a case of magistrate justice against bankrupt Jews, if the believers were Christians, is presented here. Finally, we are also shown that Christian tradespeople repeatedly complained about the competition of the Jewish traders against the competition of Jewish merchants, not only the authorities and the state authorities, but also that the latter in their shops (as in a modern department store) peddle a larger number of different categories of commodities. Also interesting are the reasons which the Teltsch Jews cite for the fact that the Jewish trader does not specialize in a single type of commodity in his trade like the Christian one.
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Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Judensiedlungen in in Böhmen in den Jahren 1650 und 1674
Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Judensiedlungen in in Böhmen in den Jahren 1650 und 1674
(Contribuition to the History of Jewish Settlement in Bohemia in 1650 and 1674)
- Author(s):Josef Hrásky
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:243-270
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:Census of Jewish population; taxation of Bohemian Jews;
- Summary/Abstract:Until the end of the 1820s, no special attention was paid to the question of settlement and population of Jews by the authorities. If we look at some random reports about the number of Jews in the cities, resp. rule districts, was the first official total conscription of Jews living in Bohemia, as far as it is known at least, made in 1618. However, this record cannot be described as an actual conscription in the modern sense of the word, since it cited neither the sex, nor the age and name of the Jews, but only recorded how many persons and families of Jews lived in that particular area. This count, which was apparently ordered for fiscal reasons to determine the total number of eligible Jews in Bohemia, occurred after the Thirty Years' War, when the anti-Semitic mood in the official Viennese circles in spite of frequent and urgent reminders of the Bohemian chamber with its peak reached the beginning of the reduction efforts, which for the first time clearly appeared on the Bohemian Diet of 1650.
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Die Brandkatastrophe in Nachod und die Austreibung der Juden aus Böhmisch Skalitz (1663—1705)
Die Brandkatastrophe in Nachod und die Austreibung der Juden aus Böhmisch Skalitz (1663—1705)
(The Fire Disaster in Nachod and the Expulsion of the Jews from Bohemian Skalitz (1663-1705))
- Author(s):Tobias Jakobovits
- Language:German
- Subject(s):Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, 18th Century
- Page Range:271-306
- No. of Pages:35
- Keywords:30-Years-War; jewish a´taxation; census of Jewish population;
- Summary/Abstract:Until the end of the 1820s, no special attention was paid to the question of settlement and popula-tion of Jews by the authorities. If we look at some random reports about the number of Jews in the cities, resp. rule districts, the first official comprehensive conscription of Jews living in Bohe-mia, as far as it is known at least, was made in 1618. However, this record cannot be described as an actual conscription in the modern sense of the word, since it cited neither the sex, nor the age and name of the Jews, but only recorded how many persons and Jewish families lived in the area in question. This count, which was apparently ordered for fiscal reasons to determine the total stock of Jews eligible to contribute in Bohemia, came after the Thirty Years War, when the anti - Semitic mood in the official Viennese circles reached its peak in spite of frequent and urgent reminders of the Bohemian Chamber The advent of reduction efforts reached its highest level for the first time at the Bohemian Diet of 1650.
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Megillath Samuel
Megillath Samuel
(Megillath Samuel)
- Author(s):Salomon Hugo Lieben
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:307-342
- No. of Pages:35
- Keywords:Chaim Boskowitz; Megilloth;
- Summary/Abstract:In the following, the festive days of Purim and Megilloth, as far as they relate to Prague and Bohemia, are listed, and, besides those which have already been published and are mentioned here only very briefly, the others are discussed in some detail. Additionally to the Megillath-Samuel, belonging to the more important ones in content and size, is completely reproduced.
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Zwei Beiträge zur Geschichte des Frankismus in den böhmischen Ländern
Zwei Beiträge zur Geschichte des Frankismus in den böhmischen Ländern
(Two Contributions to the History of Frankism in the Bohemian Lands)
- Author(s):Wenzel Žáček
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:343-410
- No. of Pages:67
- Keywords:Jakob Josef Frank; Sabbatianism; Sabbatai Zewi;
- Summary/Abstract:The purpose of this work is not to set out in detail the basics and presuppositions of Jewish mysticism; nor is it our intention to detail the curriculum of the leaders of Sabbatianism, Sabbatai Zewi and Jakob Josef Frank and their prominent confessors. In our narrative we only want to limit ourselves to a concise overview of the lives of the two sectarians and their basic doctrines. In more detail, we only want to deal with those times when their heresies began to invade the Bohemian lands, and describe how they were received here and what attacks and struggles they faced here. That's why our study is in two parts. The first part will contain a brief overview of the life and teachings of Jakob Josef Frank with a more detailed account of his stay in Moravia, written on the basis of new and previously unused material. The second part will be dedicated to the end of Frank's life and especially the persecution of his Prague followers by the advocates of the ruling Jewish orthodoxy around 1800; Also for this purpose previously unknown archive sources were used. The dogmatic side of these struggles remains unnoticed, because the ideological and religious content of the teachings of Frank and the religious foundations of Sabbatai Zewi are not connected with the history of Jewry in the Bohemian lands, but are well known from the previous literature. The present work will pay particular attention to essential events and real facts in order to enrich historical knowledge about the spread of Frankism and its propaganda in the Czech lands. The events are to be faithfully described according to the sources, without the intention of favoring any of the hostile parties; sharp failures against one or the other party will always be only the echo of the sources in their wording or in faithful paraphrase.
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Von den Anfängen des Vereines für Verbesserung des israelitischen Kultus in Böhmen
Von den Anfängen des Vereines für Verbesserung des israelitischen Kultus in Böhmen
(On the Origins of the Association for the Amendment of Israelitic Customs and Liturgy in Bohemia)
- Author(s):František Roubík
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:411-448
- No. of Pages:37
- Keywords:Jewsih worship; Jakob Dormitzer; Jewish assimilation;
- Summary/Abstract:On March 25, 1832, the wealthy Prague Jewish merchant Jakob Dormitzer, probably under the influence of a request in the Prague newspaper of March 1 of the same year, which will be discussed further, presented a memorandum to the Prague Gubernial Presidium to carry out the necessary improvements to Jewish customs and conventions, and did not even shy away from the then revolutionary proposal to postpone the Jewish Sabbath holiday to Sunday in order to assimilate the Jews of the Christian population. All the better Jews - Dormitzer argued - would realize that it was necessary to remove from Jewish customs everything that is inappropriate today and has its origins in times of long persecution and contemptuous treatment of the Jews. In grateful remembrance of the fact that the Austrian government was the first in Europe to call the Jews to defend their country, Dormitzer recommended the introduction of Reformed Jewish worship in the Vienna and Pester Muster synagogues and the relocation of the Saturday holiday to Sunday, an amendment whose permissibility and usefulness are allegedly proven by strict orthodox principles. Dormitzer relied in support of his radical proposal on a booklet of Chief Rabbi Aron Chorin from Arad: "The faithful messenger to his fellow religious", of which he enclosed a copy in his memorandum and in which he himself (on page 16) is quoted with his views under the pseudonym Jakob. Of course, Dormitzer's unusual proposal required a thorough consideration by the provincial authorities, who were always very cautious in Jewish matters in order to avoid, in particular, the awakening of religious passions He did not, however, express any concern that the Jewish religious leaders might object to Dormitzer's radical suggestion, and therefore called on the town captain to discuss both the mayor of Prague and the Antra Gierer and some more educated Prague Jews, especially on the question whether the transfer of the Jewish holiday to Sunday according to religious principles was permissible at all.
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Zwei Testamente des Simon Biach
Zwei Testamente des Simon Biach
(Two Testaments of Simon Biach)
- Author(s):Heinrick Flesch
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:449-558
- No. of Pages:9
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Der gelbe Fleck in Prag
Der gelbe Fleck in Prag
(The Yellow Badge in Prague)
- Author(s):L. Moses
- Language:German
- Subject(s):History, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Local History / Microhistory, Social history
- Page Range:459-465
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Jewish badge; Yellow Star;
- Summary/Abstract:Tobias Jakobovits has dedicated an in-depth study of the Jewish badges in Bohemia. (Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Juden…, Vol III., Prag 1931, pp.. 145 ff.) Amongst these badges, the yellow spot ordered by Maria Theresia in 1750 played its defamatory role the longest and only in 1781 did this remnant of a bad time disappear. Jakobovits shows in detail the drudgery that arose the Prague Jews from occasional violations of the ordinance, which was directed primarily against the unmarried Jews, since the married people were already marked by the beards. In addition to the files which he refers to, which relate to the yellow spot, there are also some documents in the Vienna State Archives of the Interior and the Judiciary, which record the facts of some transgressions of this kind and are therefore extensively communicated here as a supplement to the work of Jakobovits.
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