Haskala.net [Haskala.net : das online-Lexikon über die jüdische Aufklärung] is an online encyclopedia hosted by the University of Potsdam about the Jewish Enlightenment, inspired by the Hebrew term "haskala", meaning "enlightenment". This online archive on the Jewish Enlightenment, which emerged and developed as an educational movement by Jews for Jews in Berlin and Prussia at the end of the 18th century and led to the creation of the Maskilim (enlightenment societies, associations, schools, and publishers), provides information about the Haskalah's actors, their works, their portraits, their daily lives, and their institutions.
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Haskala.net [Haskala.net : das online-Lexikon über die jüdische Aufklärung] is an online encyclopedia hosted by the University of Potsdam about the Jewish Enlightenment, inspired by the Hebrew term "haskala", meaning "enlightenment". This online archive on the Jewish Enlightenment, which emerged and developed as an educational movement by Jews for Jews in Berlin and Prussia at the end of the 18th century and led to the creation of the Maskilim (enlightenment societies, associations, schools, and publishers), provides information about the Haskalah's actors, their works, their portraits, their daily lives, and their institutions.
(Description adapted from information on project website)