Sign In / Become a Member   Events     New Books     Kuntresim     Dinur Publications     eJewish.info     Contact us     About us!     עברית     Add Resource   Resource Index Resources > Modern Period > 17th and 18th Cent. Search for:    Advanced Search    Browse by keyword Search all listings Search only in 17th and 18th Cent. Central and Western Europe (17th\18th Cent.)   Ottoman Empire (17th\18th Cent.) Eastern Europe (17th\18th Cent.) There are currently 31 resources in this category Displaying results 1 - 15: 1 |2 |3 | Next Sort by site rank Sort by title Sort by rating Sort by popularity Sort by date 1. "ספר דברי האדון" ליעקב פראנק; אוטומיתוגרפיה מיסטית, ניהיליזם דתי וחזון החירות המשיחי כריאליזציה של מיתוס ומטפורה      More Info מאמרה של רחל אליאור מנתח את דמותו ותנועתו של יעקב פרנק, מייסד התנועה פרנקיסטית במאה ה-18, תוך עיון בספר "דברי האדון" המיוחס לו. 2. Burma's Jewish Community (WJC)      More Info A short summary of Jewish presence in Burma, together with a picture from 1987. When visiting the site, one must click Burma, and the window will open up. 3. Disputations      More Info This page is dedicated the Disputations - Public debates on religious subjects between Jews and non-Jews, from the ancient ages to the 18th cent. Frankists disputation. 4. Emancipation      More Info In Western Europe, Jews began their efforts to gain equal rights, i.e., to enjoy the same civil rights as the rest of society, in the eighteenth century, along with the bourgeoisie and peasants. They were included in the Enlightenment-inspired reforms, which were implemented in the wake of the French Revolution. 5. Frankism      More Info Frankism - A mystical and Messianic religious movement, heretical with respect to Judaism, which remained under the influence of Sabbatianism. The movement's leader was Jacob Frank . 6. History of the Jewish People      More Info A Year by Year History of the Jewish people on the WEB. The site includes a linked name index and covers Biographies and major events in Jewish scholarship, anti-Semitism, and other events. Starts with the year 69 CE. Photographs accompany this detailed timeline. 7. Iggeres HaGra - The Vilna Gaon's Letter      More Info This letter was sent by the Gaon, R. Eliyahu of Vilna, zt'l while traveling to the holy land of Eretz Yisrael, to encourage and instruct his family in the ways of Mussar. T his classic letter was written in a manner which would bring fire into the hearts of his family in the ways of fearing and carrying out the word of "Hashem" 8. Jacob Frank      More Info Jacob Frank was a Jewish merchant who claimed to be the messiah. His followers broke away from Judaism and created a new religion known as the Frankists, which was a quasi-Jewish, quasi-Christian religion 9. Jacob Frank and Frankist Hebrew-Zoharic Letters      More Info An English translation and commentary on the Hebrew-Zoharic letter writtenin 1800 by three disciples of Jacob Frank. The letter is very important since it reveals the mindset of the Frankist in 1800 in their own words. 10. Jacob Frank and the Frankists      More Info This page tells about the Frankists - a semi-Christian religious organization which came into being among the Jews of Poland about the middle of the eighteenth century. 11. Jewish History of Czechoslovakia      More Info The site offers a variety of historical links concerning the Jewish history of communities in Czechia and Slovakia, from their origins, through the holocaust period to date. Included are links about the Jewish culture and education of the communities. 12. Jewish History Timeline: 1300 B.C.E. - 1996 C.E.      More Info Short Summaries of the major events in Jewish history from ~1300 B.C.E. to 1996 C.E. 13. Jews in the Russian Empire      More Info This page presents various links, leading the visitor alongway the history of the Jews of Russia, from the middle ages until the 1917 Bulshevic revolution. The site speaks of the different pogroms perpetrated against the Jews, of the incorporation of the Jews into the Russian society and of the evolvement of different Jewish-social streams within the Jewish community of the Russian empire. Picture... 14. Jonathan Eybeschütz      More Info Jonathan Eybeschütz (1690-1764): German rabbi and Talmudist, a central figure in Jewish history.Supposedly a believer in the Messianic mission of Shabbethai zebi. 15. Mesillas Yeshorim - מסילת ישרים      More Info A biography of the Ramhal and Hebrew & English full text his book Mesillas Yeshorim 1 |2 |3 | Next Looking for more resources on this topic? Click here to try your search on Google. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Rabin Building Jerusalem, Israel, 91905 Phone: 972-2-5881894/ Fax: 972-2-5883894 dinur@h2.hum.huji.ac.il