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Author Shoḥeṭ, ʻAzriʼel.

Title The Jews of Pinsk, 1881 to 1941 / Azriel Shohet ; edited by Mark Jay Mirsky and Moshe Rosman ; translated by Faigie Tropper and Moshe Rosman ; with an afterword by Zvi Gitelman.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 754 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Note "Originally published in Hebrew in 1977 under the title Toledot Kehillat Pinsk-Karlin: 1881-1941."
This is the second part of a major undertaking carried out by scholars in Israel to recover and narrate the history of the important Jewish community in Pinsk.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pinsk : 1881-1914 -- Political trends up to 1906 -- The Hebrew language movement in Pinsk -- Schooling, education, and culture : 1881-1914 -- Changes in lifestyle and culture : 1881-1914 -- Institutions, societies and associations for social welfare : 1881-1914 -- Suppression and reaction : 1906-1914 -- In the period of the First World War -- Interregnum (1918-1920) -- Between two wars -- The Second World War up to the Nazi occupation (September 16, 1939-July 4, 1941).
Summary This title provides a detailed and comprehensive history of the Jewish community in Pinsk. The second portion of this study focuses on Pinsk's turbulent final 60 years, showing the reality of life in this important, and in many ways representative Eastern European Jewish community.
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Subject Jews -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- History.
Jews.
Belarus -- Pinsk.
History.
Jews -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Jews -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Jews -- Education -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- History.
Jews -- Education.
Pinsk (Belarus) -- Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Mirsky, Mark.
Rosman, Moshe.
Tropper, Faigie.
Added Title Toldot ḳehilat Pinsḳ 641/1881-701/1941. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011108823
Other Form: Print version: Shoḥeṭ, ʻAzriʼel. Toldot ḳehilat Pinsḳ 641/1881-701/1941. English. Jews of Pinsk, 1881 to 1941. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011030062
ISBN 9780804785020 (electronic book)
0804785023 (electronic book)
9780804741583 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0804741581