Jewish Budapest: Monuments, Rites, History

Published by Central European University Press 1999

Jewish Budapest

Monuments, Rites, History

Edited by: Kinga Frojimovics , Géza Komoróczy , Viktoria Pusztai and Andrea Strbik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789633865200

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About this book

This richly illustrated 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, focusing on patterns of settlement and occupation, on biographic details and historical monuments.

Author / Editor information

Komoróczy Géza :

Géza Komoróczy is Professor and Chairman of the Center of Jewish Studies at Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

Pusztai Viktoria :

Senior research fellow, Center of Jewish Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Professor at the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies, Eötvös Loránd University.

Reviews

Shlomo Spitzer:
“This book is without doubt to be considered the classical work of reference…for Jews all over the world who have been linked in some way to this city.”

Ivan T. Berend:
“Jewish Budapest is the very first, excellently documented, and broad discussion of the entire history of Budapest’s Jewry. It presents an extremely rich and complex picture of the Budapest Jews. It, however, offers more than that: a contribution to Central and Eastern European history…and a comparative approach to the history of the ‘Jewish cities’ of Europe.”

"Unlike most-works concerning Jewish Budapest, which have taken approach, this work also introduces the Jewish elements and traces which still exist still today in Budapest. The work is an immense archival undertaking by the Center of Jewish Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, one volume of a series that will deal with East-Central European society. The history of the Jews in Buda, Obuda (Old Buda), and Pest is well integrated with modern observations, showing readers the entire spectrum of Jewish life from the ancient times to the modern day."

"This book will delight the historian, armchair traveler, and student of Jewish history alike.... 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)."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface to the Series Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VI
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
A Hakdome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Castle Hill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. Obuda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
III. Kiräly utca: The Old-Old Jewish Quarter of Pest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
IV. The Jewish Triangle in Pest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
V. Erzsébetváros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
VI. Jozsefvaros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
VII. Terezvaros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
VIII. The Pest Jewish Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
IX. Lipótváros, Új-Lipótváros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
X. Józsefvàros, beyond the Boulevard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
XI. Neighbors of the Pest Jewish Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
XII. Pest, 1944, Ghetto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
XIII. Jewish Cemeteries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	426
XIV. Jewish Life in Budapest Today Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	446
XV. The Invisible Jewish Budapest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	468
XVI. Comments on the Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	498
XVII. Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	546
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	566

Language: English
Publisher: Central European University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 612
Keywords: Budapest; Cultural studies; History; Jewish studies; Jews; Judaism; Urban studies; Way of life

eBook

Published: January 1, 1999
ISBN: 9789633865200