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People: Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Location: Al-Qatif Ash-Sharqiyah Saudi Arabia

The opposition to Jewish liberalization, led by …

Years: 1839 - 1839

The opposition to Jewish liberalization, led by the Orthodox rabbis called Mitnaggedim (”opponents”), had remained firm until the 1830s, when the spread of Haskala, the Jewish Enlightenment, in Eastern Europe had presented both Hasidim and Mitnaggedim with a common enemy.