Sources on Jewish self-government in the Polish lands from its inception to the present
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Sources on Jewish self-government in the Polish lands from its inception to the present
Brill, c2022
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Description
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 movements, but also Jewish resilience during the Holocaust.
"The reviewed volume is a valuable publication reflecting the considerable work of the editors, authors and translators. It allows English-speaking readers to reach out to materials previously inaccessible linguistically. Most importantly, it allows to include and/or introduce the history of Polish Jews into the didactics of universitites worldwide." Anna Michalowska-Mycielska, Studia Judaica (quote was translated from Polish)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 The Medieval Period
Hanna Zaremska
2 Early Modern Poland-Lithuania, 1507-1795
Adam Teller
3 The Partitions of Poland-Lithuania, 1772-1815
Cornelia Aust
4 The Prussian Partition, 1815-1914
Michal Szulc
5 Jewish Self-Government in Galicia, 1815-1914
Waclaw Wierzbieniec
6 The Kingdom of Poland, 1815-1915
Artur Markowski
7 Imperial Russia's North-Western and South-Western Provinces, 1815-1914
Andrei Zamoiski
8 World War One and Independent Poland, 1914-1939
Piotr Kendziorek
9 Poland after the Second World War, 1944-2020
August Grabski with Piotr Grudka
10 Epilogue: Refractions of Jewish Self-Government under German Occupation in the Second World War
Marcin Urynowicz
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Index
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