Jewish Budapest: Memories, Rites, History -

Kinga Frojimovics, Geza Komoroczy, Viktoria Pusztai, Andrea Strbik, Fojrhovics

Central European University Press

1999

610 páginas

20h 20m

ISBN-13: 9789639116375

This history of the Jews in Budapest, from medieval times to the present day, provides a comprehensive account of their culture and ritual customs. It looks, in turn, at each of the "Jewish quarters" of the city, and demography. The book pays special attention, on the one hand, to the usage of the Hebrew language and to Jewish scholarship and, on the other, to the integration of the Jews into society and to their assimilation, in certain periods.

"The work will be useful to scholars grappling with Jewish history and Central European identities, yet it may also serve those planning travel or reflecting on their knowledge of this complex city. Excellent bibliography." -- Choice, 1999.

"This book is without doubt to be considered the classical work... for Jews all over the world." -- Shlomo Spitzer, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, 1999.

"We congratulate you on this volume...provides a rich source of information on the history and culture of Hungarian Jewry." --Dr. Jerry Hochbaum, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1999.

This book will delight the historian, armchair traveler, and student of Jewish history alike. Assembled between 1992 and 1994, it is the first in a series that will survey East-Central-European society. Although the authors emphasize Jewish life in Budapest from Medieval times to the present, the subtext is a history of the many facets of the culture and peoples of Budapest from earliest times to the present. The rich variety of photographs, maps, and drawings make lore and history come alive. Encyclopedic in scope and detail, this volume will certainly become the basic English text on the Jews of Budapest (and Hungary). The translation is, for the most part, adequate, and the index and bibliography (with English, German, Hebrew, and Hungarian among the literatures covered) are impressive. Highly recommended for large public and academic libraries. [Jewish Book Club selection.]