Invisible Jewish Budapest: Metropolitan Culture at the Fin de Siecle Betty Azar reconnects with old friends

reconnects with old friends

Author: Lyn Cote

Saints As They Really Are

And merely to follow a cult of novelty or to copy some admired rebel against convention is quite as bad as following tradition

author of the groundbreaking Sex and the Single Girl

Invisible Jewish Budapest: Metropolitan Culture at the Fin de Siecle Betty Azar reconnects with old friendsNearly a quarter of the population of Budapest at the fin de sile was Jewish. This demographic fact appears startling primarily because of its virtual absence from canonical histories of the city. Famed for its cosmopolitan culture and vibrant nightlife, Budapest owed much to its Jewish population. Indeed, it was Jews who helped shape the city's complex urban modernity between 1867 and 1914. Yet these contributions were often unacknowledged, leading