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Mordechai Breuer (historian)

German-Jewish historian and writer (1918–2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mordechai Breuer (historian)
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Mordechai Breuer (Hebrew: מרדכי ברויאר; April 8, 1918 – May 28, 2007) was a German-Jewish historian and writer.

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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).

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