Beschreibung:
Abraham Rechtman, translated by Nathaniel Deutsch, Noah Barrera
The Lost World of Russia's Jews powerfully illuminates traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe on the eve of its transformation and, ultimately, destruction.
AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction1. Sh. An-sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition: The Participants in the Expedition2. Synagogues and Prayerhouses3. Headstones, Graves, and Tombs4. Communal Pinkesim5. Tales About Nigunim [Melodies] and Prayers6. Exorcisms, Charms, and Remedies7. Scribes and Scribal WritingBibliographyIndex