Haskalah
noun
Has·ka·lah
ˌhaskəˈlä,
häsˈkȯlə
plural -s
often attributive
: an intellectual movement among Jews of eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that attempted to acquaint the masses with European and Hebrew languages and with secular education and culture to supplement talmudic studies see maskil
Word History
Etymology
New Hebrew haśkālāh, literally, intellect, enlightenment