Chernivtsi

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–: Cernăuți · Czernowitz

City in southwestern Ukraine, lying on the Prut River. Chernivtsi (Rom., Cernăuți; Ger., Czernowitz; Yid., Tshernovits) is the current capital of the Chernivtsi region. The presence of Jews there was first mentioned in 1408. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the number of Jewish inhabitants increased significantly. During this period the Jews mainly spoke Yiddish and were active as traders. The kahal (community), led by an elected judge and a rabbi, enjoyed limited autonomy and the right to its own jurisdictions.

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Wikidata: Q157725

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has abstract: City in southwestern Ukraine, lying on the Prut River. Chernivtsi (Rom., Cernăuți; Ger., Czernowitz; Yid., Tshernovits) is the current capital of the Chernivtsi region. The presence of Jews there was first mentioned in 1408. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the number of Jewish inhabitants increased significantly. During this period the Jews mainly spoke Yiddish and were active as traders. The kahal (community), led by an elected judge and a rabbi, enjoyed limited autonomy and the right to its own jurisdictions. @en
title: Chernivtsi
alternative label: Cernăuți
alternative label: Chernivtsi
alternative label: Czernowitz
preferred label: Chernivtsi
has related: Assimilation
has related: Bessarabia
has related: Czernowitz Conference
has related: Galicia
has related: About this Article (Ghettos)
has related: About this Article (Hasidism)
has related: Ḥayim ben Shelomoh Tyrer of Tshernovits
has related: Kahal
has related: Orthodoxy
has related: About this Article (Poland)
has related: Reform, Religious
has related: Romania
has related: Shteynbarg, Eliezer
has related: Transnistria
has related: Ukraine
has related: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
has related: Zionism and Zionist Parties

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