Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius : A Personal Perspective - Couverture souple

Shneidman, N N

 
9780889626591: Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius : A Personal Perspective
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0889626596 ISBN 13 : 9780889626591
Editeur : Mosaic Press, 2010

Synopsis

Since the Middle Ages Vilna (also known as Vilnius or the Jerusalem of Lithuania), was one of the main centres of Jewish cultural, religious, social and political activity in the Diaspora. At one time, close to half of all the city inhabitants were Jewish. Today the Jewish community of Vilnius is a faint shadow of its glorious past. No more than 4,000 Jews, or less than 1% of its total population, remain in the city. Most of the former Jewish residents of Vilnius were murdered during the Holocaust, and many of those who managed to survive moved to Israel, or other Western countries.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor Emeritus N N Shneidman is the author of the citically acclaimed Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius, ISBN 0-88962-659-0 (Mosaic Press, 1998) and seven other books.

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Éditeur
Mosaic Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0889626596
ISBN 13 
9780889626591
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
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