Mordechai Breuer (historian)
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Prof. Mordechai Breuer
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Background and Family
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
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
- German-Jewish history in modern times, Volume 1, By Michael A. Meyer, Mordechai Breuer, Michael Graetz
- Marc B. Shapiro, Obituary for Professor Mordechai Breuer zt”l, the Seforim Blog
- פיוטים בביצועו, מתוך אתר "פיוט"
- www.jewishpress.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=21793
