Available for the first time in English, The Drama of Slavuta draws on Jewish sources and official Tsarist government archives in providing insight into the shutdown of a major nineteenth-century Jewish printing establishment during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855), when the persecution of Jews and suppression of Jewish culture reached unprecedented heights in Russia. The eminent historian Saul M. Ginsburg, who authored the original manuscript, successfully weaves an account of the persecution of the printing ...
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Available for the first time in English, The Drama of Slavuta draws on Jewish sources and official Tsarist government archives in providing insight into the shutdown of a major nineteenth-century Jewish printing establishment during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I (1825-1855), when the persecution of Jews and suppression of Jewish culture reached unprecedented heights in Russia. The eminent historian Saul M. Ginsburg, who authored the original manuscript, successfully weaves an account of the persecution of the printing establishment's Hasidic owners, the Brothers Shapiro, into the larger scheme of official persecution of all Jews and thereby provides chilling insight into contemporary Russian attitudes towards Jews and Jewish culture. Contents: Volhynia Gubernia; Accusations Continue; The War Against Hasidism; "Yore-Deah"; Yakob Lipps; Forced Testimonies; The Imperial Decree; The Ushitza Story; The Military Commission's Verdict; "So Shall It Be"; "Araktsh Stones"; Moral Victors.
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Add this copy of The Drama of Slavuta to cart. $95.00, good condition, Sold by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published by Chicago: M.G.I. Co., 1986.
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4to. 154 pp. Very good in stapled wraps. Bound and printed in the manner of a screenplay. Front cover creased and moderately frayed. Back cover slightly soiled. Translated from the Yiddish by Ephraim H. Prombaum, whose inscription on title page is as follows: "To my beloved family-Sophie and Karl… With love, Sincerely, Ephraim H."
