A House Divided : Orthodoxy and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Central European Jewry Book

	Introduction	1
I	The Beginning of Thought and Deed in Germany
1	The First Signs of Conflict within the Community	7
2	Breslau-Style Compromise, Frankfurt-Style Conflicts	20
II	The Hungarian Scene
3	Quiet Cultural Adaptation	31
4	The Emergence and Characteristics of the Neolog Movement	40
5	The Reaction of the Pious, "Oberland"-Style	48
6	Hassidim and the Zealous in the Unterland	56
7	Pressburg as the Target of Zealot Arrows	70
8	The Fruits of Zealousness: The Judicial Decision of Michalowitz in 1866	77
III	On the Eve of the Congress
9	Emancipation and the Idea of a Nationwide Jewish Organization	89
10	The Shomrei Ha-Dat Society and the Assembly of Notables	96
11	Tensions and Fluctuations in the Orthodox Camp	108
12	The Conference of Rabbis in Buda in Advance of the Congress	122
IV	The Congress
13	The Composition of the Congress and Its Chances of Success	137
14	The Inevitable Clash	149
15	A Rump Congress and a Divided Orthodoxy	159
V	In the Aftermath of the Congress
16	The Battle over Ratification of the Statutes	169
17	The Parliamentary Decision: Orthodoxy's Purim Miracle	183
18	The Orthodox Organization and Its Founders	191
19	The Fate of the Uncommitted: The Status Quo Congregations and Their Ostracism	204
VI	Looking Forward, Looking Back
20	Theoretical and Practical Limits of the Schism	217
21	The Painful Process and Its Aftermath	225
VII	The Schism, German Style
22	Eduard Lasker, the Prophet of Freedom of Conscience	237
23	Hirsch's Failure in His Own Community and His Ideological Legacy	257
	Notes
	Index