Bjoern Siegel Hamburg Convener: Jewish Philanthropy in Habsburg Vienna: Joseph von Wertheimer and Dr. Mirjam Thulin his Understanding of International Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) Solidarity Alte Universitätsstr. 19, 55116 Mainz e-mail: [email protected] www.ieg-mainz.de Eli Lederhendler Jerusalem From Paternal Charity to Diplomacy by Stewardship: The Cases of In Cooperation with: Benjamin Peixotto, Jacob H. Schiff International Workshop and Louis Marshall Institute for the History of the German Jews (IGDJ) 1 pm Lunch Dr. Bjoern Siegel Jewish Diplomacy and Beim Schlump 83 Welfare: Intersections and 2 pm Concluding Discussion 20144 Hamburg with Michael Walzer Princeton phone:+49 – (0)40 – 42 83 82 935 Transformations in the Early via Skype e-mail: [email protected] Modern and Modern Period Shtadlanut (intercession) is generally perceived as a Institute for Judaic Studies Jewish political practice, or as Jewish diplomacy. It was Prof. Dr. Rebekka Voß often closely connected with »righteous« and charita- Goethe University Frankfurt ble activities (tzedakah) within the Jewish communi- Senckenberganlage 31 ty. Both practices changed fundamentally during the 60054 Frankfurt a.M. 19th and early 20th centuries, when Jews were off ered phone:+49 – (0)69 – 798 22 796 April 10–12, 2016 emancipation and, as a result, faced issues of inclu- e-mail: [email protected] Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz, sion, acculturation, and assimilation. In this context, and Museum Judengasse, Frankfurt a.M. the shtadlanim (advocates) of the Jewish minority Martin Buber Chair in Jewish Thought and were confronted with the incomplete integration as Philosophy well as increasing anti-Semitism, which appear to have Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese reinforced the necessity of Jewish intercession and Goethe University Frankfurt solidarity. Campus Westend, Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1 60323 Frankfurt a.M. The workshop takes a new look at the concepts of phone:+49 – (0)69 – 798 333 13 shtadlanut and tzedakah, in order to identify how they e-mail: [email protected] are interrelated and how these interrelations have changed over time. Key questions of the workshop are: How did Jews represent and negotiate their interests Space limited. Pre-registration required and »otherness« in diff erent societies? Why and how ([email protected]) could they receive special status in cultural, economic, and legal systems from the early modern period up to The workshop is sponsored by: the 20th century? How infl uential were the concept and practice of tzedakah in Jewish political traditions? How have intercession and welfare been adapted in the course of the modern era? Sunday, April 10, 2016 Panel 1: Authority and Transregional Solidarity 2:30 pm Coff ee break Chair: Esther Moeller Mainz Venue: Museum Judengasse, Battonstr. 47, 4 pm Tour of the Old Jewish Cemetery, 60311 Frankfurt a.M. 9:30 am Yaron Ben-Naeh Jerusalem Battonstraße, 60311 Frankfurt a.M. Businessmen, Rabbis, and Doctors at 6 pm Welcome the Sultan‘s Court 6 pm Dinner at Sohar’s Kosher Restaurant Michael K. Silber Jerusalem Mirjam Wenzel Frankfurt a.M. Savignystr. 66, 60325 Frankfurt a.M. The Well-Networked Baron: Diego Transfer to Mainz Introduction d‘Aguilar, an Eighteenth Century Shtadlan and Maecenas Mirjam Thulin Mainz, Bjoern Siegel Hamburg, Rebekka Voß Frankfurt a.M. 10:30 am Coff ee break Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Panel 2: Jewish Networks of Solidarity and Charity Venue: Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) Chair: Thomas Weller Mainz Keynote Lectures Panel 4: Community, Welfare, and Family Politics 11 am Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld Rotterdam Noam Zohar Bar Ilan Chair: Cornelia Aust Mainz Solidarity and Intervention in Early Moser (Informer): Who has the Right Modern Amsterdam: The Portuguese of Access to the Non-Jewish Power? Community and Philanthropy Abroad 9:30 am Joshua Teplitsky Stony Brook, NY »A Regime of Uncles?« Welfare and Menachem Lorberbaum Tel Aviv Adam Teller Providence, RI Oligarchy in Early Modern Ashkenaz Charity as a Foundation of Community: Jewish Philanthropic Networks in the The Rabbinic Sources of the Communal Early Modern Mediterranean: Towards Mirjam Thulin Mainz Bond the Creation of Trans-Regional Policy Prague 1744/45: Jewish Diplomacy and Relief in Action Followed by reception (by invitation) 12 pm Lunch Space limited. Pre-registration required Fritz Backhaus Frankfurt a.M. ([email protected]) Panel 3: Charity and Politics Mayer Amshel Rothschild as Chair: Christian Wiese Frankfurt a.M. Shtadlan and Benefactor

1:30 pm François Guesnet London 11 am Coff ee break Honor, Charity, Politics: Jewish Monday, April 11, 2016 Intercession as Entangled History Panel 5: The Transformation of Intercession and between the Holy Roman Empire Charity Venue: Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), and Poland Lithuania Chair: Sarah Panter Mainz Alte Universitätsstr. 19, 55116 Mainz Shaul Stampfer Jerusalem 11:30 am Yochai Ben-Ghedalia Jerusalem 9:15 am Welcome Diplomacy of the Masses: The Pushke, Empowerment: Philanthropy, Diplo- Irene Dingel Mainz the Jewish Community in the Land of macy and Inner-Jewish Advocacy, Johannes Paulmann Mainz Israel, and World Politics 1830s-1860s