The Reformed Hasid
“Before and After the Reform.” Cartoon from the Yiddish satiric publication Der Schlemiel: Illustriertes jüdisches Blatt für Humor und Satire, lampooning the transformation of a Hasidic Jew into a Reformed Jew.
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Credits
Der Schlemiel: Illustriertes jüdisches Blatt für Humor und Satire, June 1, 1905. Courtesy Leo Baeck Institute, New York.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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