“Unhealed Breach” or a Good Divorce? The Hungarian Jewish Congress (1868–69) and the “Schism” in Historical Perspective
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Az 1868–69-ben megrendezett magyarországi Izraelita Egyetemes Gyűlés (Zsidó Kongresszus) 150 éves évfordulója alkalmából az MTA TK Kisebbségkutató Intézete és az ELTE BTK Assziriológia és Hebraisztika Tanszéke nemzetközi konferenciát szervez. Időpont és helyszín: 2019. február 5-én (kedd) az ELTE BTK Kari tanácsterem és február 6-án (szerda) az MTA TK Kisebbségku...
“Unhealed Breach” or a Good Divorce? The Hungarian Jewish Congress (1868–69) and the “Schism” in Historical Perspective
PROGRAM
DAY 1
5 February, Tuesday
Location: Eötvös Loránd University, 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/A. Meeting Hall (039.)
13.00 Greetings and Introductions
András Heisler, President, Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities
From the Austro-Hungarian Compromise to the Jewish Congress: The Formative Years of Liberal Hungary – Tibor Frank, prof. emeritus, Eötvös Loránd University
First panel (13.30–15.00) – Context
Chair: Mary Gluck (Brown University)
The Pursuit of the Sanhedrin: The Hungarian Jewish Congress in the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century Synods – Carsten Wilke (Central European University)
Confessional Autonomy in Hungary: József Eötvös's Point of View – Gábor Gángó (Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt)
Truth and/or Peace: The Political Toolbox of the Jewish Congress – Tamás Turán (Institute for Minority Studies, HAS; Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Keynote (18:00-18:45)
Chair: Géza Komoróczy (prof. emeritus, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
The Inevitable Breach? The Congress of 1868–69 and the Fissures within Hungarian Jewry
Michael K. Silber (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
DAY 2
6 February, Wednesday
Location: MTA HTK, 1097, Budapest, Tóth Kálmán u. 4. K 011-12.
9.00 Greetings
Attila Papp Z., Director, Institute for Minority Studies, HAS
Second panel (9.00-10.30) – Struggles
Chair: Tamás Biró (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Defending the Old from the New: The Preservative Aims of the Hungarian Jewish Congress – Howard Lupovitch (Wayne State University)
The Progresssive Political Role of Rabbi Mihály Morgenstern during the Congress of 1868–69 – Mihály Huszár (Museum of Marcali)
The Divide of the Jewish Community from Nagyvárad after the Hungarian Jewish Congress (1868–1869). The Creation of the Community Status-quo ante from Nagyvárad – Edith-Emese Bodo (University of Oradea)
Third panel (11.00-12.30) – Echoes
Chair: Michael L. Miller (Central European University)
Cisleithanian Lesson from the Schism – Daniel Baránek (Jewish Museum in Prague)
The Echoes of the Hungarian Jewish Congress (1868–69) Among the Jewish Communities in Croatia – Ljiljana Dobrovšak (Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb)
From the Other Side of the World: American Jews look to Budapest – Elena Hoffenberg (University of Haifa)
Fourth panel (14.00-15.30) – After-effects
Chair: László Csorba (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
Unfinished Emancipation: the "Schism" in Context of Religious Equality of the Jews – Anikó Prepuk (University of Debrecen)
Why did the Neolog Establishment Strive for the Reunification of Hungarian Jewry? – Miklós Konrád (Institute of History, HAS)
Reunification Efforts and Metalanguages in Hungarian Jewish Press – Norbert Glässer (University of Szeged) and András Zima (Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies, Budapest)
Fifth panel (16.00-17.00) – Orthodox Implications
Chair: Michael K. Silber (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
What Was it All About? Two Orthodox Retrospectives on the 1869 Schism – Yoav Sorek (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
The Geography of Post-Schism Responsa in the Hungarian Hinterlands: The Case of Bychkiv – Elli Fischer (Tel Aviv University)
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