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Names: Guesnet, François, editor. | Tomaszewski, Jerzy, 1930-2014, editor.
Title: Sources on Jewish self-government in the Polish lands from its inception to the present / edited by François Guesnet, Jerzy Tomaszewski.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Includes index. | Summary: “This source-reader invites you to encounter the world of one thousand years of Jewish self-government in eastern Europe. It tells about the beginnings in the Middle Ages, delves into the unfolding of communal hierarchies and supra-communal representation in the early modern period, and reflects on the impact of the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and of growing state interference, as well as on the communist and post-communist periods. Translated into English from Hebrew, Latin, Yiddish, Polish, Russian, German, and other languages, in most cases for the first time, the sources illustrate communal life, the interdependence of civil and religious leadership, the impact of state legislation, Jewish-non-Jewish encounters, reform projects and political movements, but also Jewish resilience during the Holocaust”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021041321 (print) | LCCN 2021041322 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004191365 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004501614 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Jews—Poland—History—Sources. | Jews—Poland—Politics and government—Sources.
Classification: LCC DS134.53 .S68 2022 (print) | LCC DS134.53 (ebook) | DDC 943.8/004924—dc23
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