Shtadlanut denotes a practice of advocating for Jewish rights and interests with non-Jewish authorities. It was first documented, above all, in medieval Europe on the occasion of negotiating the conditions of settlement with the authorities, or in the form of intervention in times of crisis. Jewish intercessors (shtadlanim) would at first act only on their own behalf and possibly for other individual Jews. In the ear…
Shtadlanut(3,805 words)
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Thulin, Mirjam, “Shtadlanut”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 30 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0806>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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