Jacob Katz
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1904 – 1998
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Who was Jacob Katz?
Jacob Katz was a Jewish historian and educator. He established the history curriculum used in Israel's High Schools.
Katz described "traditional society" and deployed sociological methods in his study of Jewish communities, with special attention to changes in halakhah and Orthodoxy. He pioneered the modern study of Orthodoxy and its formation in reaction to Reform Judaism.
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- Born
- Nov 15, 1904
Magyargencs - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- Died
- May 20, 1998
Jerusalem
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on July 23, 2013
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