The lost world of Russia's jews: ethnography and folklore in the pale of settlement

The Lost World of Russia's Jews powerfully illuminates traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe on the eve of its transformation and, ultimately, destruction.

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Main Author: Rechtman, Abraham (Author)
Other Authors: Deutsch, Nathaniel 1967- (Translator), Barrera, Noah (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press [2021]
Series:Jews in eastern Europe series
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Online Access:DE-19
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.
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.
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (331 Seiten)
ISBN:9780253056924

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