In 1913, Abraham Rechtman journeyed through the Russian Pale of
Settlement on a mission to record its Jewish folk traditions before
they disappeared forever. The Lost World of Russia's
Jews is the first English translation of his extraordinary
experiences, originally published in Yiddish, documenting a culture
best known until now through romanticized works like Life Is
with People and Fiddler on the Roof. In the last
years of the Russian Empire, Abraham Rechtman joined S. An-sky's
Jewish Ethnographic Expedition to explore and document daily life
in the centuries old Jewish communities of the Pale of Settlement.
Rechtman described the key places where Jewish life and death were
experienced and connected these sites to local folklore and
customary practices. Among the many unique contributions of his
memoir are riveting descriptions of traditional Jewish healers and
exorcists—many of them women—and their methods and
incantations. Rather than a nostalgic portrait of an imagined
shtetl, Rechtman succeeded in producing an intimate account of
Jewish life and death that is highly nuanced and richly
detailed. The Lost World of Russia's Jews powerfully
illuminates traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe on the
eve of its transformation and, ultimately, destruction.Â
General
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Jews in Eastern Europe |
Release date: |
July 2021 |
Authors: |
Abraham Rechtman
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Translators: |
Nathaniel Deutsch
• Noah Barrera
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
330 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-05693-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-253-05693-4 |
Barcode: |
9780253056931 |
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