Educational power and modern Jewry

Abstract

One of the persistent features of the social history of european Jewry since the 18th century has been the above-average concern to invest in educational goods, together with an extraordinary group-specific propensity to accumulate cultural capital. The article demonstrates several aspects of this tendency in its various dimensions. The author goes on to analyse the social and historical conditions creating this phenomenon, illuminating its cultural background and the influence of religious upbringing.