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Doctor Zhivago
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[Gordon and Zhivago were on their way home in the evening. The sun was going down.] In one village [they passed through] they saw a young Cossack surrounded by a crowd…

Contributor:

Boris Pasternak

Places:

Peredelkino, USSR (Novo-Peredelkino, Russia)

Date:

1956

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Jewish identity, Wisdom, Community

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Book of the Kahal: Materials for the Study of the Jewish Life
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An agent of the kahal who is charged with monitoring Jewish cases in the police and in giving gifts to officials is a Jewish middleman. Jews utilize the art of the middleman not only in trade…

Contributor:

Jacob Brafman

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1869

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Community, Communal organizations, Shtetl, Conversion

Categories:

Political Culture