Populated by urbane Jewish merchants and professionals as well
as new arrivals from the shtetl, imperial Kiev was acclaimed for
its opportunities for education, culture, employment, and
entrepreneurship but cursed for the often pitiless persecution of
its Jews. Kiev, Jewish Metropolis limns the history of Kiev Jewry
from the official readmission of Jews to the city in 1859 to the
outbreak of World War I. It explores the Jewish community s
politics, its leadership struggles, socioeconomic and demographic
shifts, religious and cultural sensibilities, and relations with
the city's Christian population. Drawing on archival documents, the
local press, memoirs, and belles lettres, Natan M. Meir shows
Kiev's Jews at work, at leisure, in the synagogue, and engaged in
the activities of myriad Jewish organizations and
philanthropies."
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