Kiev, Jewish metropolis : a history, 1859-1914 / Natan M. Meir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meir, Natan M.

Series:

Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)

The modern Jewish experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Ukraine--Kyiv--History--19th century.

Jews.

Jews--Ukraine--Kyiv--History--20th century.

Jews--Ukraine--Kyiv--Social conditions--19th century.

Jews--Ukraine--Kyiv--Social conditions--20th century.

Kyïv (Ukraine)--Ethnic relations.

Kyïv (Ukraine).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Populated by urbane Jewish merchants and professionals as well as new arrivals from the shtetl, imperial Kiev was acclaimed for its opportunities for education, culture, employment, and entrepreneurship but cursed for the often pitiless persecution of its Jews. Kiev, Jewish Metropolis limns the history of Kiev Jewry from the official readmission of Jews to the city in 1859 to the outbreak of World War I. It explores the Jewish community's politics, its leadership struggles, socioeconomic and demographic shifts, religious and cultural sensibilities, and relations with the city's Christian population. Drawing on archival documents, the local press, memoirs, and belles lettres, Natan M. Meir shows Kiev's Jews at work, at leisure, in the synagogue, and engaged in the activities of myriad Jewish organizations and philanthropies.

Contents:

Settlement and growth, 1859-1881

The foundations of communal life

The consolidation of Jewish Kiev, 1881-1914

Modern Jewish cultures and practices

Jew as neighbor, Jew as other: interethnic relations and antisemitism

Varieties of Jewish philanthropy

Revolutions in communal life.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612663314

0-253-00433-0

1-282-66331-3

OCLC:

649479079