By and large, the books on Jewish demography and social relations are in short supply. It is even more true as to research dealing with the tiny Jewish communities in Eastern and South Central Europe, where either inaccessibility of the archives during the Soviet era or lack of scholarly tradition have impeded such studies for decades. This book provides the fresh gaze into Jewish history from the perspective of modern times and culture. It focuses on the social mobility of Estonian and Slovenian Jewish intelligentsia and doing that draws on the unique archival sources. Jews and education...
By and large, the books on Jewish demography and social relations are in short supply. It is even more true as to research dealing with the ti...