Mordechai Breuer (; 1918–2007) was a German-Jewish historian and writer.

Background and Family

Breuer was born in

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(Germany) to Isaac Breuer and his wife Jenny Breuer (née Eisenmann) in 1918. He had four siblings:

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;

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, Tzipora, and Simeon. The family originated in

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but left for

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in 1936.

Work

Breuer wrote extensively on history, particularly German Jewish history. His works include ''Modernity Within Tradition: The Social History of Orthodox Jewry in Imperial Germany,'' (Columbia University Press: 1992) and ''The Torah-im-Derekh-Eretz of S.R. Hirsch'' (1970).

References

* German-Jewish history in modern times, Volume 1, By Michael A. Meyer, Mordechai Breuer, Michael Graetz * פיוטים בביצועו, מתוך אתר "פיוט" {{DEFAULTSORT:Breuer, Mordechai 1918 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Israeli historians Jewish historians Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine German people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Writers from Frankfurt Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives 20th-century German historians