Haskalah

noun

Has·​ka·​lah

ˌhaskəˈlä,

häsˈkȯlə

plural -s

often attributive

: an intellectual movement among Jews of eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that attempted to acquaint the masses with European and Hebrew languages and with secular education and culture to supplement talmudic studies see maskil

Word History

Etymology

New Hebrew haśkālāh, literally, intellect, enlightenment

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