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Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1550
The Renaissance
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Mar 1, 1444
Prince Henry sent out voyages from Portugal
Jewish scholars were appointed to help with ship design and making caravels. Made great maps and improved navigation -
Jan 1, 1450
Invention of the Printing Press
Jews are now able to print their scriptures which spread Jewish learning. Elites now in universities. Spread of knowledge throughout the whole world. -
Jul 30, 1492
Expulsion from Spain
The entire Jewish community expelled from Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella. -
Sep 15, 1550
Kabbalah
Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, is created in the mid 16th century and affects the way people think about life. -
Jan 1, 1563
The Shulchan Aruch is created
Rabbi Yosef Caro compiles the Shulchan Aruch which is a code for Jewish Halacha. Gives the final resort of the law. -
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The Enlightenment
The age of logic and reasoning that was sparked by ideas from different philosophers such as Marx and Spinoza. Some of the ideas clash majorly with Jewish ideas. -
Cherem of Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated from Amsterdam because he is a non- practicing jew therefore becoming the first secular jew. -
Moses Menddelssohn
Born in Germany who figrues out how to integrate Enlightenment thinking with Judaism. He dies in 1786 and the entire city mourned for him. -
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The American Revoulution
The American colonies became independent from the British and borrowed ideas from other philosophers from Europe. -
Yudish of frieshul
A group in Berlin make this new institution which was the first school that was Jewish and radical to German Jewish culture. They taught a duel curriculum with general studies too. -
Edict of Toleration
Joseph the second passes this law that declares that jews that live under his jurisdiction have more rights than before. -
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The French revolution
This war implemented more morals on the French which led them to give more rights to the Jews. -
Emancipation of Jews in France
Now as a nation the Jews had to follow French law but we can practive individually. Jews are now given full citizenship. -
Baer Isaac Baer
He writes a letter saying that jews need to change their attitude because they were being disgraceful and really do not deserve such freedom. -
The Hamburgh temple is built
The first reform temple was built in Hamburgh, Germany. -
Karl Marx
He made the communist manifesto which had similar ideas to Spinoza. Control people by addicting them to you for religion.
