Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-619) and index.
Contents:
I. Religious life. The diversity of religious experience -- Religious dilemmas and Jewish law -- Conversion to Christianity -- Jews and the state on religious matters -- II. Family life. Parents and children -- Marriage and divorce -- Family life after conversion to Christianity -- Death: orphanhood, guardianship, and property -- III. Health and sexuality. Traditional healing and folk medicines -- Diet, hygiene, and exercise -- Mental illness -- Modesty -- Marital sex -- Extramarital sex -- Prostitution -- IV. Education and culture. Institutions of Jewish learning -- Jewish private schools -- Secondary school education -- State rabbinical schools in Vil'na and Zhitomir -- University life -- V. Work. Commerce and trade -- Domestic service -- Jewish agricultural colonies and farms -- Artisans and factory work -- Professionals -- VI. Jews, neighbors, and the Russian state. Conscription -- The Polish uprising of 1863 -- Antisemitism and pogroms -- Jews in the revolutionary movement -- Zionism -- Emigration.
Summary:
"This book makes accessible -- for the first time in English -- declassified archival documents from the former Soviet Union, rabbinic sources, and previously untranslated memoirs, illuminating everyday Jewish life as the site of interaction and negotiation among and between neighbors, society, and the Russian state, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to World War I. Focusing on religion, family, health, sexuality, work, and politics, these documents provide an intimate portrait of the rich diversity of Jewish life" -- Back cover.
Series:
The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.