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The Reality of Jewishness vs. the Ghetto Myth
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2. What was it that made for the peculiar position of the Jews in the Middle Ages and later, until emancipation came along? It was the ghetto, we are told and told again, which was at the root of…

Contributor:

Max Weinreich

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Date:

1967

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Jewish identity, Emancipation, Jewish languages, Education

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Historical writing
Book of Travels
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The situation of Jews in the Soviet Union may well be the greatest of all the great wonders of the world. The history of Jews in tsarist Russia has been centuries of darkness…

Contributor:

David Pinski

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New York City, United States of America

Date:

1938

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Communism, Jewish languages, Writing, Performing arts, Travel

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Historical writing