Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik by Kotik, Yekhezkel
Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik by Kotik, Yekhezkel

Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik

Originally published in Warsaw in 1913, this beautifully written memoir offers a panoramic description of the author's...
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Author: Yekhezkel Kotik
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Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik by Kotik, Yekhezkel

Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik

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Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik by Kotik, Yekhezkel

Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik

$669.66
Author: Yekhezkel Kotik
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Originally published in Warsaw in 1913, this beautifully written memoir offers a panoramic description of the author's experiences growing up in Kamieniec Litewski, a Polish shtetl connected with many important events in the history of nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewry. Although the way of life portrayed in this memoir has disappeared, the historical, cultural, and folkoric material it contains will be of major interest to historians and general readers alike.

Kotik's story is the saga of a wealthy and influential family through four generations. Masterfully interwoven in this tale are colorful vignettes featuring Kotik's family and neighbors, including rabbis and zaddikim, merchants and the poor, hasidim and mitnaggedim, scholars and illiterates, believers and heretics, matchmakers and informers, and teachers and musicians. Stories of personal warmth and despair intermingle with descriptions of the rise and decline of Jewish communal institutions and descriptions or the relationships between Jews, Russian authorities, and Polish lords. Such events as the brutal decrees of Tsar Nicholas I, the abolishment of the Jewish communal board known as the Kahal, and the Polish revolts against Russia are reflected in the lives of these people.

The English edition includes a complete translation of the first volume of memoirs and contains notes elucidating terms, names, and customs, as well as bibliographical references to the research literature. The book not only acquaints new readers with the talent of a unique storyteller but also presents an important document of Jewish life during a fascinating era.

Author: Yekhezkel Kotik
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 04/09/2008
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780814334218

About the Author
David Assaf is a professor of Jewish history at Tel Aviv University. His books include The Regal Way: The Life and Times of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin (1997 [Hebrew], English edition forthcoming).
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