Jewish city or inferno of Russian Israel? : a history of the Jews in Kiev before February 1917 / Victoria Khiterer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khiterer, Viktorii︠a︡, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy

Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe and their legacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Ukraine--Kyïv--History.

Jews.

Ukraine--Kyïv.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 471 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2016.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The History of Jews in Kiev from the Tenth Century to 1660 21

Chapter 2 The Jews of Kiev in the Embrace of the Russian Empire (1794-1859) 45

Chapter 3 The Jewish Right of Residence in Kiev in 1859-1917 87

Chapter 4 The Kiev Jewish Community and its Leaders 135

Chapter 5 The Wealth and Poverty of Jews in Kiev 196

Chapter 6 Jewish Pogroms and the Beilis Affair 259

Chapter 7 How Jews Gained Their Education in Kiev 290

Chapter 8 Jewish Culture in Kiev 332

Chapter 9 Between Tradition and Modernity: Jewish Religious Life in Kiev 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-457) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781618114761

161811476X

OCLC:

929053921

Publisher Number:

99967698299