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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.
Price: $355.00
Pages: 694
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
06 January 2022
ISBN: 9789004191365
Format: Hardcover
"The reviewed volume is a valuable publication reflecting the considerable work of the editors, authors and translators. It allows English-speaking readers to reach out to materials previously inaccessible linguistically. Most importantly, it allows to include and/or introduce the history of Polish Jews into the didactics of universitites worldwide." - Anna Michałowska-Mycielska, in: Studia Judaica (quote was translated from Polish)
"The collection of sources provides expert introductions to the individual period-chapters which consider both Jewish and non-Jewish material. Throughout, the volume successfully illustrates the complex realities of Jewish self-governance in the Polish and Lithuanian lands. It represents an important contribution, especially for the academic classroom. Beyond the breadth of evidence and the concise discussion of the various periods, the volume fulfils its promise of providing an ‘entangled history.'" - Jürgen Heyde, in: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropaforschung 73:1, 2024 (quote was translated from German)
"A massive, groundbreaking, and invaluable collection of sources coedited by François Guesnet and Jerzy Tomaszewski" - Scott Ury, Tel Aviv University
"The collection of sources provides expert introductions to the individual period-chapters which consider both Jewish and non-Jewish material. Throughout, the volume successfully illustrates the complex realities of Jewish self-governance in the Polish and Lithuanian lands. It represents an important contribution, especially for the academic classroom. Beyond the breadth of evidence and the concise discussion of the various periods, the volume fulfils its promise of providing an ‘entangled history.'" - Jürgen Heyde, in: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropaforschung 73:1, 2024 (quote was translated from German)
"A massive, groundbreaking, and invaluable collection of sources coedited by François Guesnet and Jerzy Tomaszewski" - Scott Ury, Tel Aviv University
François Guesnet, Dr.phil., Freiburg im Breisgau, is Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London. His publications include Polnische Juden im 19. Jahrhundert (Böhlau, 1998), and, as co-editor, Warsaw. The Jewish Metropolis (Brill 2015, paperback 2017). He is co-chair of the editorial board of Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry.
Jerzy Tomaszewski (1930-2014) was professor of History at the University of Warsaw and for many years the director of its Mordecai Anieliewicz Center for the Study of the History and Culture of Polish Jews. Among his publications are Z dziejów Polesia 1921-1939: Zarys stosunków społeczno-ekonomycznych (Warsaw, 1963) and Ojczyzna nie tylko Polaków: Mniejszości narodowe w Polsce w latach 1918-1939 (Warsaw, 1985).
Jerzy Tomaszewski (1930-2014) was professor of History at the University of Warsaw and for many years the director of its Mordecai Anieliewicz Center for the Study of the History and Culture of Polish Jews. Among his publications are Z dziejów Polesia 1921-1939: Zarys stosunków społeczno-ekonomycznych (Warsaw, 1963) and Ojczyzna nie tylko Polaków: Mniejszości narodowe w Polsce w latach 1918-1939 (Warsaw, 1985).