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Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 34 - Jewish Self-Government in Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 34 - Jewish Self-Government in Eastern Europe (Paperback)
Series: Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, 34
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Few features have shaped east European Jewish history as much as
the extent and continuity of Jewish self-rule. Offering a broad
perspective, this volume explores the traditions, scope,
limitations, and evolution of Jewish self-government in the Polish
lands and beyond. Extensive autonomy and complex structures of
civil and religious leadership were central features of the Jewish
experience in this region, and this volume probes the emergence of
such structures from the late medieval period onwards, looking at
the legal position of the individual community and its role as a
political actor. Chapters discuss the implementation of Jewish law
and the role of the regional and national Jewish councils which
were a remarkable feature of supra-communal representation in the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The volume reflects on the
interaction between Jewish legal traditions and state policies, and
offers an in-depth analysis of the transformation of Jewish
self-government under the impact of the partitions of
Poland-Lithuania and the administrative principles of the
Enlightenment. Co-operation between representatives of the Jewish
and non-Jewish communities at the local level is discussed down to
the interwar years, when Jewish self-government was considered both
a cherished legacy of pre-partition autonomy and a threat to the
modern nation state.
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