…whence it spreads to eastern Europe. Orthodox…

…whence it spreads to eastern Europe.

Orthodox Judaism opposes the Haskala movement from the start, because its repudiation of the traditional Jewish way of life threatens to destroy the tightly knit fabric of Judaism and to undermine religious observance.

There is particular distrust of a rationalistic ideology that seems to challenge rabbinic orthodoxy and the important role of Talmudic studies in Jewish education.