Mordechai Breuer (historian)
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Prof. Mordechai Breuer
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8 April 1918 Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau, Germany |
| Died | 28 May 2007 (aged 89) Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Parent(s) | Isaac Breuer and Jenny Eisenmann |
Mordechai Breuer (1918–2007) was a German-Jewish Historian and writer.
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.
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).
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