The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn, Michoel Rotenfeld (Editor), Michoel Rotenfeld (Translator)
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Publication Date: September 26th, 2023
Publisher:
Academic Studies Press
ISBN:
9798887193557
Pages:
418
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Description

This unique book is the memoirs of a kosher slaughterer, a Jewish functionary, who lived in Ukraine and Crimea from the middle of the nineteenth century until the First World War. For the first time, it gives us a snapshot of Jewish life from a functionary's point of view in the last century of Tsarist rule, and at the same time deals with the eternal questions of antisemitism, minority status, and the life of Jews in Ukraine.

About the Author

Michoel Rotenfeld is a historical researcher who has long been fascinated by Jewish memory in its myriad forms, especially the genre of Jewish autobiography. He is the director of Touro University Library's Project Zikaron, a permanent collection of previously uncollated and undigitized historical material from Jewish communities across the world. He also coordinated the digitization of David Tidhar's ninеtееn-volume Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (www.tidhar.tourolib.org), which has received over two million page views.