Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 10: Jews in Early Modern Poland

Book Overview

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 languages Jews knew, in their marriage patterns, even in their synagogue architecture and decoration, but also in Polish accusations of Jewish ritual murder. All these aspects are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1874774315
• ISBN13: 9781874774310
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"