November 16, 2015 European Anti Semitism A MAYOR IN HUNGARY ACCUSED ISRAEL OF BEING BEHIND THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PARIS, THEN APOLOGIZED WHEN A RECORDING OF THE COMMENTS WAS MADE PUBLIC. During the meeting, according to the news website, Gábor Huszár, who has served as the mayor of Szentgotthárd since 2010, apparently sought to […]
In Muslim lands Jews along with Christians were considered dhimmi, or “people of the pact.” The dhimmi status was based on a few Qur’anic statements, from Sura 9-29- “Fight against those to whom the Scriptures were given and who believe not in God nor in the Last Day, who forbid not what God and His […]
Early Modern Period Edited by Prof. Magda Teter and Prof. Miriam Bodian Images provided by The Jewish Theological Seminary Introduction to Jews in the Early Modern Period Jewish Population-Overview Cultural Trends Economy
The early modern period (approximately 1450s-1750s) was a period of both transformation and continuity, characterized by the religious upheavals wrought by the Reformation, the invention and spread of printing, the growing power of the centralized state, new ideologies and economic structures, and rapid population growth. A convergence of many factors brought about the extension of […]