Jewish society in Poland-Lithuania in the second half of the eighteenth century was by no means insular: Jews numbered about 750,000, and comprised about half the urban population of the country. The contact between Jews and the wider Polish society found expression in the langu…
Rethinking European Jewish history
by Ruderman, David B., Cohen, Judah M., Nirenberg, David, Engel, David, Soyer, Daniel, Bodian, Miriam, Rosman, Moshe, Rosman, Murray Jay, Cohen, Jeremy, Hyman, Paula E., Mandel, Maud, Hundert, Gershon David, Ben-Shalom, Ram
fromLittman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Europe has changed greatly in the last century. Political, social and ideological transformations have not only redrawn the map of the continent but have rewoven the fabric of its culture. These changes have nourished widespread reassessment in European historical research in te…