HASIDISM AND THE JEWISH ENLIGHTENMENT: THEIR CONFRONTATION IN GALICIA AND POLAND IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Philadelphia; Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1985. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XVII, 411 pages. 25 cm. First English edition. Part 1 originally in Yiddish (Der kamf tsvishn Haskole un Hsides in Galitsye in der ershter helft fun 19tn yorhundert) - Part 2 originally in Hebrew (Hasidut veha-Haskalah) . Written by Raphael Mahler (1899-1977) , "historian. Mahler, who was born in Nowy Sacz, eastern Galicia, Poland, studied at the rabbinical seminary and the University of Vienna until 1922. He served as a teacher of general and Jewish history in Jewish secondary schools in Poland. In 1937 he immigrated to the United States and was a teacher in various educational institutions in New York. He was a member from his youth of the left Po'alei Zion party and was connected with YIVO in its research studies and administration, both in Poland and in the U. S. In 1950 he went to Israel, where he lectured on the history of Israel at Tel Aviv University and in 1961 was appointed professor there. He wrote many studies on the history of the Jews in Yiddish, Polish, German, English, and, after going to Israel, chiefly in Hebrew. " (EJ 2008) Subjects: Hasidism - Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - History - 19th century. Hasidism - Poland - History - 19th century. Haskalah - Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - History - 19th century. Haskalah - Poland - History - 19th century. Light wear to edges of jacket, light soiling to outer edges, internally very fresh and clean. Very good condition. (EE-4-23).