Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on Language, Place Names, and Currency xv
6. Introduction 1
7. One. From Přemyslids to Habsburgs 11
8. Two. Rabbinic Enlightenment 60
9. Three. Nehemias Trebitsch and the Decline of the Moravian Chief Rabbinate, 1832–1842 99
10. Four. Locking Antlers 138
11. Five. Conflict and Revolution 177
12. Six. On the Altar of Freedom 219
13. Seven. Emancipation and Its Aftershocks 265
14. Eight. Drifting Rabbis, Shifting Centers, and the Burgeoning Czech-German Conflict 310
15. Appendix 1. Moravia’s Fifty-Two Jewish Communities, 1798–1848 347
16. Appendix 2. Moravian Jewish Communities Established After 1848 349
17. Appendix 3. Jewish Population in Moravia and Austrian Silesia, 1754–1921 350
18. Abbreviations Used Only in Notes and Bibliography 351
19. Notes 353
20. Bibliography 413
21. Index 443