“Back to Judaism!” The Páva Street Synagogue as a Symbol and a Field of the Religious Conservatism of the Pest Israelite Congregation during the Interwar Period Cover Image

„Vissza a zsidósághoz!” A Páva utcai zsinagóga mint a Pesti Izraelita Hitközség „vallási konzervativizmusának” szimbóluma és terepe a két háború között
“Back to Judaism!” The Páva Street Synagogue as a Symbol and a Field of the Religious Conservatism of the Pest Israelite Congregation during the Interwar Period

Author(s): Katalin Baloghné Tóth
Subject(s): Social history, History of Judaism, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Antisemitism
Published by: KORALL Társadalomtörténeti Egyesület
Keywords: antisemitism; Hungarian Jewish communities; dissimilation

Summary/Abstract: The study examines how the intensification of anti-Semitism, the growing militant public mood after World War I and especially its loss, and the introduction of numerus clausus in 1920 triggered dissimilationist efforts in the policy of the Pest Israelite Congregation, which had previously been promoting assimilation in the 19th century. Using various types of sources, the elements of the new congregational policy reform are interpreted, focusing on the life of a specific synagogue community (Páva Street Synagogue, Budapest).

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 94
  • Page Range: 69-91
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Hungarian
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