| Description |
1 online resource (308 pages) |
| Series |
Jews in Eastern Europe Ser.
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Jews in Eastern Europe Ser.
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| Summary |
The Lost World of Russia's Jews powerfully illuminates traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe on the eve of its transformation and, ultimately, destruction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Sh. An-sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition: The Participants in the Expedition -- 2. Synagogues and Prayerhouses -- 3. Headstones, Graves, and Tombs -- 4. Communal Pinkesim -- 5. Tales about Nigunim [Melodies] and Prayers -- 6. Exorcisms, Charms, and Remedies -- 7. Scribes and Scribal Writing -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Russia -- History.
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Ethnology -- Russia.
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Ethnology -- Russia (Federation)
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. |
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Ethnology |
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Jews |
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Russia |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| Added Author |
Deutsch, Nathaniel.
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Barrera, Noah.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rechtman, Abraham. Lost World of Russia's Jews. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2021 9780253056917 |
| ISBN |
9780253056924 |
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0253056926 |
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9780253056917 (electronic bk.) |
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0253056918 (electronic bk.) |
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0253056942 |
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9780253056948 |
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0253056934 |
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9780253056931 |
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