ISBN:
9789004191365
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXI, 694 Seiten
Year of publication:
2022
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sources on Jewish self-government in the Polish lands from its inception to the present
DDC:
943.8/004924
Keywords:
Jews Sources History
;
Jews Sources Politics and government
Abstract:
"This source-reader invites you to encounter the world of one thousand years of Jewish self-government in eastern Europe. It tells about the beginnings in the Middle Ages, delves into the unfolding of communal hierarchies and supra-communal representation in the early modern period, and reflects on the impact of the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and of growing state interference, as well as on the communist and post-communist periods. Translated into English from Hebrew, Latin, Yiddish, Polish, Russian, German, and other languages, in most cases for the first time, the sources illustrate communal life, the interdependence of civil and religious leadership, the impact of state legislation, Jewish-non-Jewish encounters, reform projects and political
Note:
Includes index
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