{"product_id":"transleithanian-paradise-howard-n-lupovitch-9781612497792","title":"Transleithanian Paradise: A History of the Budapest Jewish Community, 1738-1938","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransleithanian Paradise: A History of the Budapest Jewish Community, 1738-1938\u003c\/i\u003e traces the rise of Budapest Jewry from a marginal Ashkenazic community at the beginning of the eighteenth century into one of the largest and most vibrant Jewish communities in the world by the beginning of the twentieth century. This was symptomatic of the rise of the city of Budapest from three towns on the margins of Europe into a major European metropolis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on a broad array of Jewish communal institutions, including synagogues, schools, charitable institutions, women's associations, and the Jewish hospital, this book explores the mixed impact of urban life on Jewish identity and community. On the one hand, the anonymity of living in a big city facilitated disaffection and drift from the Jewish community. On the other hand, the concentration of several hundred thousand Jews in a compact urban space created a constituency that supported and invigorated a diverse range of Jewish communal organizations and activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransleithanian Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e contrasts how this mixed impact played out in two very different Jewish neighborhoods. Ter騷v疵os was an older neighborhood that housed most of the lower income, more traditional, immigrant Jews. Lipv疵os, by contrast, was a newer neighborhood where upwardly mobile and more acculturated Jews lived. By tracing the development of these two very distinct communities, this book shows how Budapest became one of the most diverse and lively Jewish cities in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard N. Lupovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612497799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612497792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Purdue University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Howard N. Lupovitch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073033203967,"sku":"9781612497792","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d7fc976-06ae-42a9-b4e1-a99bd6b1d7ff.jpg?v=1685445406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transleithanian-paradise-howard-n-lupovitch-9781612497792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}