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History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I, From the Beginning until the Death of Alexander I (1825)

Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an activist. Due to his Jewish origin, he had to move to St.Petersburg, Odessa, Vilna(Lithuania), St.Petersburg(2nd time), Kaunas(Lithuania), Berlin and finally Riga(Latvia) after Hitler came to power. When Nazi troops occupied Latvia 1941, he was moved with thousands of other Jews to Riga ghetto and was eventually killed. His life is a symbol of Jewish suffering in Eastern Europe in the first half of 20 century. This book is one of the most extensive and thorough study of the glory and suffering of the Jews in Russia and Poland for 2000 years. - Summary by S. S. Kim

Year of Publication: 1916Genres: History

Running Time: 14 hours 52 minutes 52 seconds

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1	Chapter 1 The Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe, Part 1, 1. The Jewish Settlements on the Shores of the Black Sea S S Kim	13:32
2	Chapter 1 The Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe, Part 2, 2. The Kingdom of Kazhars, 3. The Jews in Early Russian S S Kim	43:41
3	Chapter 2 The Jewish Colonies in Poland and Lithuania, Part 1, 1. The Immigration from Western... 2. The Charter of Prince Boleslav... 3. Rise of Polish Jewry S S Kim	33:40
4	Chapter 2 The Jewish Colonies in Poland and Lithuania, Part 2, 4. Polish Jewry During .... 5. The Jews of Lithuania..... 6. The conflict between S S Kim	25:19
5	Chapter 3 The Autonomous Center in Poland at its Zenith(1501-1648), Part 1, 1. Social and Economic..... 2. The Liberal Régime S S Kim	38:23
6	Chapter 3 The Autonomous Center in Poland at its Zenith(1501-1648), Part 2, 3. Liberation and Reaction .... 4. Shlakhta and Royalty S S Kim	41:20
7	Chapter 4 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry at its Zenith, Part 1, 1. Kahal Autonomy ..... 2. The Instruction of the Young S S Kim	41:12
8	Chapter 4 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry at its Zenith, Part 2, 3. The High-Water Mark of Rabbinic Learning, S S Kim	36:59
9	Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 1, 1 Economic and National Antagonism, 2. The Pogroms and Massacres. S S Kim	31:38
10	Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 2, 3. The Russian and Swedish...... 4. The Restoration... 5. Social and Political. S S Kim	42:03
11	Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 3, 6. A Frenzy of Blood..... 7. The Massacre of Uman. S S Kim	35:05
12	Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 1, Jewish Self-Government, 2. Rabbinical and Mystical S S Kim	37:29
13	Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 2, 3. The Sabbatian Movement, 4. The Frankish Sect, S S Kim	36:09
14	Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 3, 5. The Rise of Hasidism..... 6. The Hasidic Propaganda.... 7. Rabbinism, Hasidism S S Kim	47:08
15	Chapter 7. The Russian Quarantine Against the Jews S S Kim	44:49
16	Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 1, 1. The Jews of Poland after the First Partition S S Kim	38:28
17	Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 2, 2. The Period of Quadrennial Diet S S Kim	30:48
18	Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 3, 3. The Last Two Partitions and Berek Yoselovich, 4. The Duchy of Warsaw S S Kim	31:04
19	Chapter 9 The Beginnings of the Russian Régime, Part 1, 1. The Jewish Policy of Catherine II S S Kim	33:00
20	Chapter 9 The Beginnings of Russian Régime, Part 2, 2. Jewish Legislative Schemes .... 3. Dyerzhvin's Opinion S S Kim	31:09
21	Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 1, 1. The Committee for Amelioration.... 2. The Jewish Constitution S S Kim	24:21
22	Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 2, 3.The Projected Expulsion from the Villages S S Kim	23:37
23	Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 3. 4. The Patriotic Attitude..... 5. Economic and Agricultural S S Kim	23:58
24	Chapter 11 The Inner Life of Russian Jewry During The Period of "Enlightened Absolutism", Part 1, 1. Kahal Autonomy.... 2. The Hasidic Schism. S S Kim	31:45
25	Chapter 11 The Inner Life of Russian Jewry During the Period of "Enlightened Absolutism", Part 2, 3. Rabbinism, Hasidizm S S Kim	22:20
26	Chapter 12 The Last Years of Alexander I, Part 1, 1. The Deputation of the Jewish.... 2. Christianing Endeavers S S Kim	25:50
27	Chapter 12 The Last Years of Alexander I, Part 2, 3. Judaizing Sects.... 4. Recrudence of Anti-Jewish.... 5. The Russian Revolutionaries S S Kim	28:05