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Excommunication of Spinoza
Most historians say that the excommunication of Baruch Spinoza was the beginning of Modern Judaism. They say that this is the beginning of Modern Judaism because he was the first person that was excommunicated that did not repent or convert to Christianity. Spinoza is the first person that just went on his way, and he started Modern Judaism -
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Begining of Modern Jewish History
The beginning of Modern Jewish HIstory is with the excommunication of Baruch Spinoza in 1656. This is the start because he is the first Jew that leaves orthodoxy but is still a Jew. The beginning of Modern Jewish HIstory ends with the excommunication of the Hasidim by the Vilna Goan. This ends the first part of Modern Jewish History because we see the beginning of medern Judaism with Spinoza and with the Cherem of the Hasidim we see the beginning of the Reform Movement. -
Hasidism Begins
The Founder of Hasidism was the Baal Shem Tov. The Baal Shem Tov also known as the Beshet, came up with new ways to practice Judaism, and his ways were developed by his students. Hasidism is very spiritual and into faith. In Hasidism it does not matter if you can read Hebrew or not, as long as you want to make a connection with Hashem you are able to. Hasidism aimed at a psychological reform rather than a factual one. -
Haskalah Movement
Even though the Haskalah allowed Jews to integrate and assimilate into different countries, the Haskalah still resulted in the creation of a secular Jewish culture. The Haskalh is connected to the beginning of the REFORM movement which threw out the observence of Jewish law and focused more on ethics and morals. -
Cherem of the Hasidim by the Vilna Goan
In 1772 the Vilna Goan excommunicated the Hasidim. The Vilna Goan was the leader of the Mitnagdim (opponents). The Mitnagdim did not like how the Hasidim were subsituting prayer for dancing. THey also thought that the Hasidim were using their rebbe as a personal connection to Hashem, which led them to worship their rebbe. -
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Political Emancipation in Europe
This is a huge section in Modern Jewish HIstory. The Jewish people are searching for a place that they can call home and they think they have found it in France. They are seeking Emancipation there but the French do not want them to because they think that the Jews are going to steal their jobs. Napoolean wants to see if they will stay loyal to the French Empire or if they are loyal to Judaism. He sees that they will be loyoal to him and he emancipates them. -
European Emancipation
In 1789 Napolean was considering whether or not he should let the Jewish people assimilite into France. Napolean had just created the French Empire and he wants to unify it under one system of law, one language, culture, and education. He does not know whether the Jewish people will stay Jewish Frenchmen or will become French Jews an obey him. HE sets up a Grand Sanhedrin and then in 1789 he emancipates the Jewish people. -
Napolean's Sanhedrin
Napolean had a difficult decison to make: let the Jews assimilate or do not let the Jews assimilate. Napolean was reluctant to let the Jews assimilate because he did not know how loyal they would be to him. To test the loyalty of the Jews he set up the Grand Sanhedrin, which had not been convened for 1800 years. The way that these 71 Jews would answer the question he posed to them would show if they were French Jews or Jewish Fenchmen. -
Reform Movement
The Reform Movement was started because people in the Jewish community wanted individual liberty. They did not want to be attached to all the laws a Jew was stuck with. Because of the Reform Movement Rabinnic authority was weakened, there was more integration into other nations, and religious observence became more lax. -
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Jewish American Experience
In 1840 the first big chunk of Jews immigrated to America. Although in the beginning it may have been rough for the Jewish people, we finally have found a home where the leader is nice, no one asks questions, and we can live in peace. I have The Jewish American experience ending in 2240 because according to the Torah, in the 6000th year on the Jewish calendar, which is 2240 on the American calendar, when the Messiah is going to save us from exile and take us back to Israel -
The Bilu Movement
These 14 students were the start of Zionism throughout the world. In 1882 these students decided to go to a rural part of palestine and set a place where Jews could come and call their home. Although they were unsuccesfulthey paved the way for other zionistic leaders to push for zionism. Because of them we now have a state of Israel. These kids led to Herzel, and all of the other people involved in zionism to take a stand. -
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Zionism
Zionism is a huge era in Moderrn Jewish HIstory. Zionism has four sections and was founded by Theodore Herzel (political), AD Gordon (labor), Achad Ha'am (cultural), and Rav Kook (religous). Zionism started with the Bilu Manifesto where 14 students made the first aliyah to palestine hoping to get a land for Jewish self-determination. Although they were unsuccesful, they opened the eyes of other zionistic leaders to help push for zionism. -
The Zionist Movement
After the Bilu Manifesto,people started to realize that the Jewish people needed a place to call their own and a place to escape anti-semetism. The four main leaders are THeodore Herzel (political), Achad Ha'am (cultural), Rav Kook (religious), and AD Gordon (labor). These four groups of zionism led a great charge to the eventual self determination of the Jewish people. -
Dreyfus Affair
When Herzel finally realized that he needed to take action about anti-semetism was when he went to document the Alfred Dreyfus case. Alfred was a French Jew who was put on trial for spying agaisnt France. Theodore Herzel realized that this trial was not so much about a crime, but rather about anti-semetism. They had no evedince that he was spying against the French but he was a Jew that had assimilated, so they picked him. Herzel saw it this way and ended up coming up with Political Zionism, -
Kishnev Pogrom
In 1903, the people of Kishnev Russia led a massacre on the Jews. The Jewish people were caught off guard and were killed left and right. On this day people could hear the cry of the Russians sayin, "Kill the Jews." This Pogrom led to Chaim Bialik writing his poem describing the Jews being cowards, and defensless. Chaim wanted Jewish self-determination. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
In 1911 one of the worst factroy accidents happened. In 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught on fire killing 146 workers, because of the poor working conditions, and the lack of saftey regulations. Because of this, a movement led by Jews led to better saftey laws. -
Israel Becomes a State
Three years after the Holocaust ended, the United Nations held a meeting and ended up having enough nations vote to declare Israel a State. On May 14th 1948 Israel was officially a state, and there was happiness throughout the land of Israel. -
The Messiah
According to the Torah in the 6000th year of the Jewish people being a Bnei Israel, the Messiah will come and save us from this exile we are currently in.
