Guesnet, F;
(2011)
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Joel Wegmeister and Modern Hasidic Politics in Warsaw.
Quest : Issues in Contemporary Jewish History.
(2)
pp. 209-226.
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Abstract
This contribution investigates how the emergence of the first modern Jewish metropolis in Warsaw in the second half of the 19th century challenged traditional visions of community cohesion. It argues that the acceleration of political and societal change within the Jewish community allowed observant elites to achieve political and cultural hegemony in Warsaw, and thus offers a sui generis pathway of Jewish metropolitan modernization. This claim is substantiated by following the communal and political involvement of a leading Hasidic civil leader, Joel Wegmeister (1837-1919), co-founder of the first outlets of the Agudat Israel in the Kingdom of Poland before World War One.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Joel Wegmeister and Modern Hasidic Politics in Warsaw |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?id=222 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087210 |
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