Belgian Judaism’s relationship to the French model in the nineteenth century
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2018.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The Consistory, the central organization of Belgian Judaism, was established in 1832. Established in continuity with the imperial Consistory, it was most importantly designed to incarnate a particular form of adaptation of Jews to modernity. The Belgian Consistory was inspired throughout the nineteenth century by the French model, developing a religious, social, and education policy—like its French counterpart—that aimed to actively promote Jewish citizenship. At the same time, the Belgian Consistory was different from the French model, due to its cultural proximity to German Judaism. As a result, Belgians fostered a very liberal form of Judaism, favored religious reforms, and adopted, in an almost exclusively Ashkenazi community, a Sephardic-inspired ritual.
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The Consistory, the central organization of Belgian Judaism, was established in 1832. Established in continuity with the imperial Consistory, it was most importantly designed to incarnate a particular form of adaptation of Jews to modernity. The Belgian Consistory was inspired throughout the nineteenth century by the French model, developing a religious, social, and education policy—like its French counterpart—that aimed to actively promote Jewish citizenship. At the same time, the Belgian Consistory was different from the French model, due to its cultural proximity to German Judaism. As a result, Belgians fostered a very liberal form of Judaism, favored religious reforms, and adopted, in an almost exclusively Ashkenazi community, a Sephardic-inspired ritual.
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