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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
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 754 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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
Notes "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
Subject Jews -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- History
Jews -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- Social conditions
Jews -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- Economic conditions
Jews -- Education -- Belarus -- Pinsk -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- Jewish.
Ethnic relations
Jews
Jews -- Economic conditions
Jews -- Education
Jews -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Pinsk (Belarus) -- Ethnic relations
Subject Belarus -- Pinsk
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Mirsky, Mark
Rosman, Murray Jay
Tropper, Faigie
LC no. 2011030062
ISBN 9780804785020
0804785023
Other Titles Toldot ḳehilat Pinsḳ 641/1881-701/1941. English