The Shtetl: Myth and Reality

The majority of Polish Jews always lived in the villages and small towns known as shtetls. Much of what we know of life in the shtetls comes from literary accounts rather than from historical research. This volume redresses that imbalance, with leading experts investigating the social and economic history of the shtetl as well as the way in which shtetl life has been reflected in Hebrew, Polish, and Yiddish literature.

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Introduction. The Shtetl: Myth and Reality
pp 3-24
- By Antony Polonsky, Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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The Shtetl as an Arena for Polish–Jewish Integration in the Eighteenth Century
pp 25-40
- By Adam Teller, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa.
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Inter-Religious Contacts in the Shtetl: Proposals for Future Research
pp 41-50
- By Michał Galas, Lecturer at the Department of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
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The Hasidic Conquest of Small-Town Central Poland, 1754–1818
pp 51-82
- By Glenn Dynner, completed his dissertation ‘Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewry, 1754–1830’ at Brandeis University.
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The Drama of Berdichev: Levi Yitshak and his Town
pp 83-96
- By Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Modern Jewish History from Brandeis University.
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Polish Shtetls under Russian Rule, 1772–1914
pp 97-108
- By John Klier, Corob Professor of Modern Jewish History in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London.
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How Jewish Was the Shtetl?
pp 109-118
- By Ben-Cion Pinchuk, teaches Russian and east European history at Haifa University.
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The Changing Shtetl in the Kingdom of Poland during the First World War
pp 119-132
- By Konrad Zieliński, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin
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The Shtetl: Cultural Evolution in Small Jewish Towns
pp 133-142
- By Alina Cała, researcher in the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny in Warsaw.
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Small Towns in Inter-War Poland
pp 143-152
- By Regina Renz, Professor of History at the Akademia Świętokrzyska in Kielce.
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Jewish Patrons and Polish Clients: Patronage in a Small Galician Town
pp 153-170
- By Rosa Lehmann, graduated with an MA in Social Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
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Maintaining Borders, Crossing Borders: Social Relationships in the Shtetl
pp 171-196
- By Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, social anthropologist at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków
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The Soviet Shtetl in the 1920s
pp 197-212
- By Gennady Estraikh, Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies at New York University.
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Shtetl and Shtot in Yiddish Haskalah Drama
pp 213-232
- By Joel Berkowitz, Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the State University of New York at Albany.
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Kazimierz on the Vistula: Polish Literary Portrayals of the Shtetl
pp 233-242
- By Eugenia Prokop-Janiec, Polish literature at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
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Imagining the Image: Interpretations of the Shtetl in Yiddish Literary Criticism
pp 243-258
- By Mikhail Krutikov, graduated in mathematics from Moscow State University
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Shtetl Codes: Fantasy in the Fiction of Asch, Schulz, and I. B. Singer
pp 259-266
- By Katarzyna Więcławska, works in the Centre for Jewish Studies at Marie Curie-Skłodowska University
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Returning to the Shtetl: Differing Perceptions
pp 267-276
- By Shimon Redlich, Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and East European Jewry at Ben-Gurion University.
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