Mordechai Breuer (historian)

Mordechai Breuer
Prof. Mordechai Breuer
Born(1918-04-08)8 April 1918
Died28 May 2007(2007-05-28) (aged 89)
NationalityIsraeli
Parent(s)Isaac Breuer and Jenny Eisenmann

Mordechai Breuer (Hebrew: מרדכי ברויאר 1918–2007) was a German-Jewish historian and writer.

Background and Family

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Breuer was born in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) to Isaac Breuer and his wife Jenny Breuer (née Eisenmann) in 1918. He had four siblings: Yaakov; Ulla, Tzipora, and Simeon. The family originated in Frankfurt but left for Israel in 1936.

Work

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Breuer wrote extensively on history, particularly German Jewish history. His works include Modernity Within Tradition: The Social History of Orthodox Jewry in Imperial Germany, (Columbia University Press: 1992) and The Torah-im-Derekh-Eretz of S.R. Hirsch (1970).

References

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  • German-Jewish history in modern times, Volume 1, By Michael A. Meyer, Mordechai Breuer, Michael Graetz
  • פיוטים בביצועו, מתוך אתר "פיוט"