Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia
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The Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia was established in 1863 by wealthy Jewish families in St. Petersburg and Odessa. Its primary goal was to educate Russian Jews in the Russian language and other subjects, with the aim of preparing them for full citizenship. The society sponsored translations of the Bible into Russian and founded Jewish cultural organizations. Joseph, Baron Günzburg, a prominent Jewish philanthropist and financier, served as its first president. The society's efforts were part of the broader Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment, movement in Russia, which sought to integrate Jews into Russian society through secular education and modernization.12
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- Horace, Baron Günzburg
…his father, he founded the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia, a highly successful organization that disseminated Jewish culture in the Russian language; he became president of the society upon his father’s death in 1878 and almost single-handedly financed it, sponsoring translations into Russian of…
Read More…his father, he founded the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia, a highly successful organization that disseminated Jewish culture in the Russian language; he became president of the society upon his father’s death in 1878 and almost single-handedly financed it, sponsoring translations into Russian of…
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…1863 he helped found the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia, of which he was the first president, to “disseminate among the Jews the knowledge of the Russian language and other useful subjects” in the hope that thereby “the Jews will become full-fledged citizens of…
Read More…1863 he helped found the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia, of which he was the first president, to “disseminate among the Jews the knowledge of the Russian language and other useful subjects” in the hope that thereby “the Jews will become full-fledged citizens of…
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