Lost World of Russia''s Jews - Ethnography and Folklore in the Pale of Settlement

The Lost World of Russia's Jews powerfully illuminates traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe on the eve of its transformation and, ultimately, destruction.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. Sh. An-sky and the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition: The Participants in the Expedition
2. Synagogues and Prayerhouses
3. Headstones, Graves, and Tombs
4. Communal Pinkesim
5. Tales About Nigunim [Melodies] and Prayers
6. Exorcisms, Charms, and Remedies
7. Scribes and Scribal Writing
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Abraham Rechtman, translated by Nathaniel Deutsch, Noah Barrera

Product details

• Authors: Abraham Rechtman, Abraham/ Deutsch Rechtman
• Assisted by: Noah Barrera (Translation), Nathaniel Deutsch (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780253056931
• ISBN: 978-0-253-05693-1
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Jews in Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society