{"product_id":"the-shochet-vol-1-a-memoir-of-jewis","title":"The Shochet (vol. 1) : A Memoir Of Jewis","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An impressively researched and surprisingly accessible portrait of Jewish life in the mid-19th century.” — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSet in Ukraine\nand Crimea, this unique autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of\nlife in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia.\nGoldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned as a young boy and\nbecame a shochet (kosher slaughter) as a young man, is a master\nstoryteller. Folksy, funny, streetwise, and self-confident, he is a keen\nobserver of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, both Jewish and non-Jewish. His\naccounts are vivid and readable, sometimes stunning in their intensity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe\nmemoir is brimming with information. Goldenshteyn’s adventures shed light on\ncommunal life, persecution, family relationships, religious practices and\nbeliefs, social classes, local politics, interactions between Jews and other\nreligious communities (including Muslims, who formed the majority of Crimea’s\npopulace), epidemics, poverty, competition for resources, migration, war,\nmodernity and secularization, holy men and charlatans, acts of kindness and\nacts of treachery. In chronicling his own life, Goldenshteyn inadvertently\ntells a bigger story—the story of how a small, oppressed people, among other\nminority groups, struggled for survival in the massive Russian Empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eUntil\nnow, only a small circle of Yiddish-speaking scholars had access to this\nextremely significant primary source. This translation is a game-changer,\nmaking the treasure trove of information contained in these pages accessible to\nacademics and ordinary readers alike. Informed by research in Ukrainian,\nIsraeli, and American archives and personal interviews with the few surviving\nindividuals who knew Goldenshteyn personally, The Shochet is a\nmagnificent new contribution to Jewish and Eastern European history.\u003cfont face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57591224435070,"sku":"NW9798887193007","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9798887193007.jpg?v=1782021254","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/the-shochet-vol-1-a-memoir-of-jewis","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}