- Summary
- "This book makes accessible -- for the first time in English -- declassified archival documents from the former Soviet Union, rabbinic sources, and previously untranslated memoirs, illuminating everyday Jewish life as the site of interaction and negotiation among and between neighbors, society, and the Russian state, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to World War I. Focusing on religion, family, health, sexuality, work, and politics, these documents provide an intimate portrait of the rich diversity of Jewish life"--Back cover.
- Series
- Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2013]
©2013
- Locale
- Russia
Russland
- Contents
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I. Religious life. The diversity of religious experience
Religious dilemmas and Jewish law
Conversion to Christianity
Jews and the state on religious matters
II. Family life. Parents and children
Marriage and divorce
Family life after conversion to Christianity
Death: orphanhood, guardianship, and property
III. Health and sexuality. Traditional healing and folk medicines
Diet, hygiene, and exercise
Mental illness
Modesty
Marital sex
Extramarital sex
Prostitution
IV. Education and culture. Institutions of Jewish learning
Jewish private schools
Secondary school education
State rabbinical schools in Vil'na and Zhitomir
University life
V. Work. Commerce and trade
Domestic service
Jewish agricultural colonies and farms
Artisans and factory work
Professionals
VI. Jews, neighbors, and the Russian state. Conscription
The Polish uprising of 1863
Antisemitism and pogroms
Jews in the revolutionary movement
Zionism
Emigration.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Freeze, ChaeRan Y., editor.
Harris, Jay Michael, 1956- editor.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-619) and index.
I. Religious life. The diversity of religious experience -- Religious dilemmas and Jewish law -- Conversion to Christianity -- Jews and the state on religious matters -- II. Family life. Parents and children -- Marriage and divorce -- Family life after conversion to Christianity -- Death: orphanhood, guardianship, and property -- III. Health and sexuality. Traditional healing and folk medicines -- Diet, hygiene, and exercise -- Mental illness -- Modesty -- Marital sex -- Extramarital sex -- Prostitution -- IV. Education and culture. Institutions of Jewish learning -- Jewish private schools -- Secondary school education -- State rabbinical schools in Vil'na and Zhitomir -- University life -- V. Work. Commerce and trade -- Domestic service -- Jewish agricultural colonies and farms -- Artisans and factory work -- Professionals -- VI. Jews, neighbors, and the Russian state. Conscription -- The Polish uprising of 1863 -- Antisemitism and pogroms -- Jews in the revolutionary movement -- Zionism -- Emigration.
