Judaic Studies 385 - Jews Of Eastern Europe

Spring
2014
01
4.00
Olga Gershenson
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
52332
Jewish life in Poland, Russia, and East Central Europe. Origins of Ashkenazic culture, communal institutions and folkways, interaction with the surrounding society, immigration, Jews under communism, destruction of East European Jewish life. Readings from various historical and literary sources. (Gen.Ed. HS, G)
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