Excerpt from Leon Gordon: An Appreciation
This essay, originally written in 1902 as a thesis for the Rabbinical degree of the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, is an attempt to introduce the American Jewish public to the Hebrew literature of the nineteenth century. The study of this period, which constitutes one of the most pathetic chapters in Jewish history, will come in the nature of a revelation to the reader to whom the Hebrew language is a terra incognita. It will unfold to him a tale of the struggle between the old order of things and the new, between medievalism and modernity - a story of the longing of the Jewish soul for emancipation. He will meet with men of power and of genius, above all, with an array of heroes whose life was a constant battle in behalf of enlightenment and civilization. Incidentally, a study of nineteenth century Hebrew literature cannot but tend to raise the Russian Jew in the estimation of his American brother, and bring about a clearer understanding between them, which will inevitably result in closer fellowship and a firmer tie of sympathy.
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