Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia

FAIN: RZ-50487-05

Brandeis University (Waltham, MA 02453-2728)
ChaeRan Freeze (Project Director: November 2004 to April 2008)

Preparation of a documentary history of everyday Jewish life in imperial Russia, incorporating translations of documents from Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. (24 months)

This collaborative project seeks to prepare a documentary history of everyday Jewish life (Alltagsgeschichte) in Imperial Russia. The principal goal is to provide scholars of Russian and European history with significant texts on the quotidian of Jewish life in the tsarist empire and complement popularizations with a scholarly perspective. It will draw upon archival documents accessible only since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, rabbinic literature, and other untranslated texts in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian. It will include analytical introductions and substantive annotations to make sense of the documents.

Associated Products

Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia: Select Documents, 1772-1914 (Book)
Title: Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia: Select Documents, 1772-1914
Editor: Jay M. Harris
Editor: ChaeRan Y. Freeze
Abstract: This book makes accessible—for the first time in English—declassified archival documents from the former Soviet Union, rabbinic sources, and previously untranslated memoirs, illuminating everyday Jewish life as the site of interaction and negotiation among and between neighbors, society, and the Russian state, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to World War I. Focusing on religion, family, health, sexuality, work, and politics, these documents provide an intimate portrait of the rich diversity of Jewish life. By personalizing collective experience through individual life stories—reflecting not only the typical but also the extraordinary—the sources reveal the tensions and ruptures in a vanished society. An introductory survey of Russian Jewish history from the Polish partitions (1772–1795) to World War I combines with prefatory remarks, textual annotations, and a bibliography of suggested readings to provide a new perspective on the history of the Jews of Russia.
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/everyday-jewish-life-in-imperial-russia-select-documents-1772-1914/oclc/840463233&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.upne.com/1584653027.html
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Book
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9781611684551
Translator: ChaeRan Y. Freeze
Translator: Jay Harris
Translator: Saadya Sternberg
Translator: Yuri Vedenyapen
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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