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Lów Wallach

18th Century

Lów Wallach was a Jewish doctor from Frankfurt, who composed a booklet to commemorate the birth of an heir to the Habsburg throne.

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Apology for His Language (On Yiddish and Hochdeutsch)

Lów Wallach
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Lów Wallach’s 1716 German pamphlet commemorating the birth of an heir to the Habsburg throne, demonstrates Jewish hopes for cultural integration in early modern Frankfurt.
Page of printed Hebrew text with word set in decorated border on top.
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Jewish Printing and Book Culture

1500–1750

Jewish printing unified far-flung communities by standardizing religious texts, created textual uniformity, and enabled vernacular translations, and facilitated the spread of Jewish texts and knowledge. 

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Early Modern Jewish Languages

1500–1750

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