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1881–1914
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1914–1939
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1944–1991
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A Changing Role for Later Tkhines
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A Defining Cultural Role: The Second and Third Generations
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A Possible Motivation for the Translations
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Abeles, Shim‘on
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(1682/85–1694), Jewish youth in Prague whose father was accused of murdering him “out of hatred for the Christian faith.” The death of Shim‘on Abeles in February 1694 illuminates the tensions that beset Prague’s Jewish c…
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About this Article (Censorship)
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To treat the subject of censorship, this entry includes three articles. The first treats the period before 1800 and provides an overview of what might be termed “internal” censorship or “self-censorship” by Jewish author…
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About this Article (Children’s Literature)
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This entry includes three articles on children’s literature in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Polish, respectively.
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About this Article (Dance)
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This entry comprises three articles on East European Jewish dance traditions. An Overview surveys historical attitudes toward dance, the social and religious contexts in which dancing took place, and notes some of the ba…
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About this Article (Ghettos)
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To treat the Nazi ghettoization of Jews during the Holocaust, this entry comprises three articles. Establishment of Ghettos surveys the types of ghettos created and reasons for their creation; Life in Ghettos treats the …
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About this Article (Hasidism)
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To treat the historical rise, beliefs, and practices of the movement known as Hasidism, this entry includes five articles. The first is a historical overview that describes the development of the movement and its geograp…
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About this Article (Historiography)
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To survey trends and motifs in the historiography of the Jewish experience in Eastern Europe, this entry includes four articles. Following a general overview, which focuses on scholarship in Poland and Russia, are separa…
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About this Article (Holocaust)
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To treat the history and experience of East European Jews during the Holocaust, this entry includes five articles. The first is an overview that provides context and defines the subject. It is followed by three articles …
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About this Article (Humor)
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To treat genres of Jewish humor, this entry includes two articles, on oral and literary traditions, respectively. For further discussion, see Badkhonim; Cartoons; Parody; Purim-shpil; and Satire.
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About this Article (Hungary)
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To treat the history of Jewish presence in Hungarian lands, this entry includes three chronologically arranged articles. The first covers early history and Habsburg rule through the end of World War I and the dissolution…
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About this Article (Kraków)
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To trace the history of Jewish presence in the city of Kraków, this entry is divided chronologically into two articles, the first treating the period through the Polish partitions and the second from 1795 until 2000.
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About this Article (Language)
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To explore the principal languages of the Jews in Eastern Europe, this entry includes four articles. The first two treat Hebrew and Yiddish, respectively, from a linguistic perspective, including their historical develop…
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About this Article (Literary Criticism and Scholarship)
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To treat the development of critical and scholarly writing about Jewish literature, this entry includes three articles. The first two treat criticism of Hebrew and Yiddish literature, respectively, detailing the major cr…
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About this Article (Literary Journals)
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Emphasizing the role of literary journals in the development of Jewish literature in Eastern Europe, this entry includes two articles, on Hebrew and Yiddish literary journals respectively. For further discussion, see Heb…
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