Abraham Lutzki and his Career in the Karaite Community in the Crimea: The Formative Years
Journal: Kulʹtura slavân i kulʹtura evreev: dialog, shodstva, različiâ
Year: 2022

Abraham Lurzki (1792-1885) is portrayed in the traditional Karaite historiography as the leading scholar, educator and towering authority in the first half of the 19th century. He was a second generation Lutzk émigré, hailed from a distinguished family of the Karaite scholars who had arrived in the Crimea in the early nineteenth century. His major contribution to the Karaite community at whole was his activity in the realm of the traditional education: his beit-midrash was the leading educatio