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178 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813562735
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 15 January 2014
Description
In Yiddish, shtetl simply means "town." How does such an unassuming word come to loom so large in modern Jewish culture, with a proliferation of uses and connotations? By examining the meaning of shtetl, Jeffrey Shandler asks how Jewish life in pr...
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178 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780813562735
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 15 January 2014
Description
In Yiddish, shtetl simply means "town." How does such an unassuming word come to loom so large in modern Jewish culture, with a proliferation of uses and connotations? By examining the meaning of shtetl, Jeffrey Shandler asks how Jewish life in pr...
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Content Warnings