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The Shtetl, Reconsidered
Eric Herschthal Staff Writer A new generation of scholars is upending traditional notions of Jewish ‘memory’ and why Jews left Eastern Europe.When the historian Rebecca Kobrin began researching her...
View ArticleDeath, and "Fiddler of the Roof"
My story this week is about the scholars who are pushing hard against myths about the shtetl, especially the kind peddled by "Fiddler on the Roof." As it happens, the composer of that Tony-winning...
View ArticleRoman Vishniac Archive Chronicling Pre-Shoah Eastern Europe Goes Online
JTA An archive of photographs taken by Roman Vishniac documenting the life of pre-Holocaust Eastern European Jews is available online.read more
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