Title Confessions of the shtetl : converts from Judaism in imperial Russia, 1817-1906 / Ellie R. Schainker.

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
	Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : converts and confessions -- The genesis of confessional choice -- The missionizing marketplace -- Shtetls, taverns, and baptisms -- From vodka to violence -- Relapsed converts and tales of Marranism -- Jewish Christian sects in southern Russia -- Epilogue : converts on the cultural map.
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Subject	Christian converts from Judaism -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
	Christian converts from Judaism.
	Russia.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Jews -- Conversion to Christianity -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
	Jews -- Conversion to Christianity.
	Jewish Christians -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
	Jewish Christians.
	Jews -- Russia -- Identity -- History -- 19th century.
	Jews.
	Identity (Philosophical concept)
	Religious tolerance -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
	Religious tolerance.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Schainker, Ellie R., 1978- Confessions of the shtetl. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016 9780804798280 (DLC) 2016030140
ISBN	9781503600249 (electronic book)
	1503600246 (electronic book)
	9780804798280
	0804798281