TY - BOOK AU - Ḳaplan,Devorah ED - University of Pennsylvania Press TI - The patrons and their poor: Jewish community and public charity in early modern Germany T2 - Jewish culture and contexts SN - 9780812252392 : AV - HV3193.G3 U1 - 362.5/82094309032 PY - 2020///] CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Jüdische Gemeinde KW - gnd KW - Wohltätigkeit KW - Judentum KW - Wohlfahrt KW - Fürsorge KW - Spende KW - Deutschland KW - Hamburg-Altona KW - Wandsbek KW - Frankfurt am Main KW - Worms KW - Jews KW - Germany KW - Judaism KW - Poor KW - Ashkenazim KW - Geschichte 1450-1650 KW - Geschichte 1500-1800 N1 - Literaturverzeichnis Seite [213] - 230; Mit Glossar und Register N2 - "Patterns of giving tell us about both donors and recipients-not only about their finances but about their values, perceptions, roles in society, and the dynamics of power that existed between and among those who gave and those who received. The Patrons and Their Poor uses the lens of public charity to provide an intimate portrait of the early modern Ashkenazic community. The prism of charity allows for this expanded view of daily life in the Jewish community"-- ER -