The Long Life and Swift Death of Jewish Rechitsa: A Community in Belarus, 1625a 2000

by Albert Kaganovitch

Located on the Dnieper River at the crossroads of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, the town of Rechitsa had one of the oldest Jewish communities in Belarus, dating back to medieval times. By the late nineteenth century, Jews constituted more than half of the town's population. Rich in tradition, Jewish Rechitsa was part of a distinctive Lithuanian-Belorussian culture full of stories, vibrant personalities, achievement, and epic struggle that was gradually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299289842
• ISBN13: 9780299289843
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"