[Cz-L] Toynbee Hall, Czernowitz

Helene...

Sorry for the belated response and thank you so much for this very interesting question. I'm very much looking forward to receiving more data on the Toynbee Hall in Czernowitz as one particular result from the International Conference Literature - Culture - Civil Society in Czernowitz:

http://bit.ly/141iEdI

As an "appetizer" let me state as follows:

Leon Kellner (1859-1928), a prominent Austrian anglicist, Zionist, literrary historian AND professor at the Czernowitz University between 1904-1913 was the founder of the Viennese Toynbee Hall and the initiator of the Czernowitz Toynbee Hall as well. From David A. Brenner, the author of "Marketing Identities: The Invention of Jewish Ethnicity in Ost Und West" we learn (p. 107):

"An example of this combined mission to educate and to uplift the Jewish lower classes through liberal philantropy was the Toynbee Halls in London and Vienna. Reported on in Ost und West (April 1901) by its founder Leon Kellner, the Viennese Toynbee Hall fostered Jewish-only education in a context hospitable to both wealthy and indigent Jews. This mission was accomplished by sponsoring free courses, tea evenings, and especially lectures and music. The hall, like similar institutions, was careful to include working-class Jews in these activities. Kellner boasted that Western Jews eventually stopped smirking when Eastern Jews spoke up in Yiddish or Yiddish-accented German [...]".

In addiition it is very interesting to learn from an article in "Die Welt", published as early as 14.02.1902 (!), p. 15

http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/cm/id/3318623

that the Zion Association, presided over by Dr. Menczel, had initiated the erection of a Toynbee Hall in Czernowitz, following the Viennes example. Attended by an audience of 300 persons, mainly craftsmen and business men, following lectures took already place:

Dr. Menczel: Basics of the Austrian Constitution
Dr. Ausländer: Taxes
Dr. Perl: Ancient Jewish Penal Law
Prof. Dr. Wender: Nutrition
Dr. Diamant: Alcohol Monopoly
Stud. iur. Kinzbrunner: Jewish Emancipation Fights
Mr. Jankl (teacher) : Education Questions
Mr. Tennenhäuser (chemist): Poisons and Antidotes
Dr. Frucht: Dental Care

Back to you, dear fellow members, more details on the history of the Toynbee Hall in Czernowitz are hoghly appreciated!

Edgar Hauster • MacBook
Lent • The Netherlands

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> Subject: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: September 15, 2013
> From: hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:23:20 +0100
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> Dear Edgar
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> Could you please explain something about the Toynbee Hall, what it is, what it did? Does it have any connection with the British Toynbee Hall in the East End of London?
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> Best regards
> Helene Ryding
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> Helene Ryding
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> On 16 Sep 2013, at 05:06, Czernowitz Genealogy and History digest <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu> wrote:
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>> CZERNOWITZ-L Digest for Sunday, September 15, 2013.
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>> 1. [Cz-L] Beer festival Czernowitz
>> 2. Re: [Cz-L] International Conference in Czernowitz: Literature - Culture - Civil Society
>> 3. Re: [Cz-L] International Conference in Czernowitz: Literature - Culture - Civil Society
>> 4. [Cz-L] Kultusgemeinge
>> 5. Re: [Cz-L] International Conference in Czernowitz: Literature - Culture - Civil Society
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