The Jews in Poland

by Maciej Jachimczyk and Antony Polonsky

Book Overview

By the end of the 17th century probably three quarters of world Jewry dwelt within the borders of the Polish republic, which became not only a haven from persecution but the centre of a flourishing Jewish culture. This culture survived the decline and partition of the Polish state and in the 19th century became the seedbed for the intellectual movements that were to transform the Jewish world - zionism, secularism, socialism and neo-orthodoxy. With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631165827
• ISBN13: 9780631165828
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"