The Jews of Pinsk, 1881 to 1941
By: Azriel Shohet ; edited by Mark Jay Mirsky and Moshe Rosman ; translated by Faigie Tropper and Moshe Rosman ; with an afterword by Zvi Gitelman
Contributors: Mirsky, Mark, editor; Rosman, Murray Jay, editor
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 792
ISBN-13: 9780804741583
Subjects: Economic conditions; Jews; Social conditions; Education; Ethnic relations; History
Work titles: Toldot ḳehilat Pinsḳ 641/1881-701/1941
Description: This title provides a detailed and comprehensive history of the Jewish community in Pinsk. The second portion of this study focuses on Pinsk's turbulent final 60 years, showing the reality of life in this important, and in many ways representative Eastern European Jewish community.
Notes: "Originally published in Hebrew in 1977 under the title Toledot Kehillat Pinsk-Karlin: 1881-1941."

This is the second part of a major undertaking carried out by scholars in Israel to recover and narrate the history of the important Jewish community in Pinsk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pinsk : 1881-1914; title: Political trends up to 1906; title: The Hebrew language movement in Pinsk; title: Schooling, education, and culture : 1881-1914; title: Changes in lifestyle and culture : 1881-1914; title: Institutions, societies and associations for social welfare : 1881-1914; title: Suppression and reaction : 1906-1914; title: In the period of the First World War; title: Interregnum (1918-1920); title: Between two wars; title: The Second World War up to the Nazi occupation (September 16, 1939-July 4, 1941).