Mordechai Breuer (historian)
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Mordechai Breuer | |
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![]() Prof. Mordechai Breuer | |
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Died | 28 May 2007 | (aged 89)
Nationality | Israeli |
Parent(s) | Isaac Breuer and Jenny Eisenmann |
Mordechai Breuer (1918–2007) was a German-Jewish historian and writer.
Background and Family[]
Breuer was born in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to Isaac Breuer and his wife Jenny Breuer (née Eisenmann) in 1918. He had four siblings: Yaakov; Ulla, Tzipora, and Simeon. The family originated in Frankfurt but left for Israel in 1936.
Work[]
Breuer wrote extensively on history, particularly German Jewish history. His works include Modernity Within Tradition: The Social History of Orthodox Jewry in Imperial Germany, (Columbia University Press: 1992) and The Torah-im-Derekh-Eretz of S.R. Hirsch (1970).
References[]
- German-Jewish history in modern times, Volume 1, By Michael A. Meyer, Mordechai Breuer, Michael Graetz
- Marc B. Shapiro, Obituary for Professor Mordechai Breuer zt”l, the Seforim Blog
- פיוטים בביצועו, מתוך אתר "פיוט"
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2007 deaths
- 20th-century Israeli people
- Jewish historians
- Israeli historians
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
- German people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
- Writers from Frankfurt
- Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives
- 20th-century historians