Essays on the history of Jewish culture in Russia and Poland

The book by David Fishman, an American historian and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), examines the emergence of modern secular culture in Yiddish. In the essays that made up the book, an attempt is made to look at this culture from a historical point of view, ie to connect the trends of its development with socio-political conditions, as well as with various intellectual currents among Eastern European Jews. The institutional infrastructure formed within the Yiddish culture is also studied: periodicals, publishing houses, libraries, theaters, literary and other educational societies, schools, and scientific institutions. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between Yiddish culture and Jewish socio-political movements, including Zionism and the Bund. The book consists of two parts. The first of them is dedicated to tsarist Russia, the second - to interwar Poland.

The book by David Fishman, an American historian and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York), examines the emergence of modern secular culture in Yiddish. In the essays that made up the book, an attempt is made to look at this culture from a historical point of view, that is, to connect the trends of its development with socio-political conditions, as well as with various intellectual currents among Eastern European Jews. The institutional infrastructure formed within Yiddish culture is also studied: periodicals, publishing houses, libraries, theaters, literary and other educational societies, schools, and scientific institutions. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between Yiddish culture and Jewish socio-political movements, including Zionism and the Bund. The book consists of two parts. The first of them is dedicated to tsarist Russia, the second - to interwar Poland.