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Jan 1, 1448
Invention of Printing Press
The invention of the printing press was a huge technological development. Ideas were now able to spread more rapidly. Mass amounts of paper could be made, in a cheap way. Therefore more people had the opportunity to be educated. The Jewish books were more accessible now to Jews. This also helped spread the ideas of the renaissance -
Jan 2, 1492
Spanish Expulsion
The Jewish community of Spain was expelled. The Jews now are in search of a religiously tolerant country. In addition, they want economic prosperity. Many go to Venice and Amsterdam. -
Jan 1, 1550
Kabbalah
Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, is created around the mid16th century. Kabbalah became very popular due to the decressing power of the Rabbinic authority. -
Jan 1, 1565
Shulchan Aruch
The Shulchan Aruch the code of Jewish law written by Rabbi Yossef Cairo, in Venice. Made Jewish law simple for all Jews to understand. -
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Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment (or simply the Enlightenment or Age of Reason) was a cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in the late 17th- and 18th-century Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.Its purpose was to reform society using reason, challenge ideas grounded in tradition and faith, and advance knowledge through the scientific method. It promoted scientific thought, skepticism, and intellectual interchange. -
cherem of Spinoza
Spinoza questioned the core of Judaism. Therefore the rabbis decided to excommunicate him. He had two options either convert or repent he did neither. He became the first secular Jew and led the way of the Jewish Enlightenment. Since he believed that individuals could reason for themselves. -
Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729– 4 January 1786) was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the Haskalah (the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) is indebted. Although himself a practicing orthodox Jew, he has been referred to as the father of Reform Judaism. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
Edict of toleration
An edict of toleration is a declaration made by a government or ruler and states that members of a given religion will not be persecuted for engaging in their religious practices and traditions. The edict implies tacit acceptance of the religion rather than its endorsement by the ruling power. -
Emancipation of the Jew
Every man who being duly qualified, take the civic oath and engages to fulfill his duties prescribed by the constitution has a right to all the advantages in the insuures, annuls all restrictions affecting Jews who take the civic oath. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799 that had a fundamental impact on French history and on modern history worldwide. -
Hamburg Temple
First reformed synagogue. -
Berr Isaac Berr
The early stages of Jewish emancipation movements were part of the general progressive efforts to achieve freedom and rights for minorities. The question of equal rights for Jews was tied to demands for constitutions and civil rights in various nations.In 1789 he was elected by the Jews of Alsace deputy to the States-General, where he was admitted to plead for Jewish emancipation before the Assembly
