Making Jews Modern: The Yiddish and Ladino Press in the Russian and Ottoman Empires

by Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Book Overview

"An engaging and thought-provoking analysis, . . . a pioneering foray into a new field of study, 'Jews and Empires in History.'" --Slavic Review

On the eve of the 20th century, Jews in the Russian and Ottoman empires were caught up in the major cultural and social transformations that constituted modernity for Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewries. What did it mean to be Jewish and Russian, Jewish and Ottoman, Jewish and modern? To answer these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253218934
• ISBN13: 9780253218933
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 9.4"