Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies) ... Series in Russian and East European Studies) - Hardcover

Weinberg, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253010993 ISBN 13: 9780253010995

Publisher: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2013

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[ Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies (Hardcover) By ( Author ) Nov-2013 Hardcover

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Review:

Weinberg's research is based on a wealth of published and unpublished sources, including trial transcripts, newspaper articles, political cartoons and Beilis's memoirs. . . This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style.Feb/March 2015--Assn Jewish Libraries

This concisely written book forcefully tells the story of the outrageous ritual murder trial of Mendel Beilis in Kiev. Through careful review of published and unpublished sources . . . the author lays out the process resulting in a trial during which the state prosecution attempted to convict the entire Jewish religion of the crime of ritual murder. . . What concerns the author is that readers should come to recognize the power of prejudice, hatred, fear, and suspicion, combined with state interest, to suppress challenges to traditional authority.11/14/14--Jewish Book Council

This is an excellent historical reconstruction told in a gripping and deeply engaging style. Highly recommended for all library collections.--AJL Reviews

[A] riveting history. . . Weinberg has culled documents from the trial transcripts, newspaper articles, and Beilis's memoirs, many appearing for the first time in English, to bring us face to face with this notorious trial.Fall 2014--Jewish Book World

Overall this book succeeds in providing both a concise yet thorough account of the trial and an exploration of the significance of the Beilis Affair for late imperial Russian society. It also provides a historical perspective on an important case from the history of antisemitism, and in so doing contributes to our understanding of the social history of late imperial Russia.--Slavonic & East European Review

In an accessible volume, Robert Weinberg has offered readers historical analysis and a selection of primary documents from the trial.--Canadian Slavonic Papers

Weinberg's short work provides a sober and informed analysis of the affair, coupled with a collection of relevant primary source documents.--Slavic Review

The combination of text and sources make this very useful for studies of religious prejudice and the over-coming of religious prejudice. The book is also a fascinating read. It is a basic study for collections dealing with the Jewish experience in Eastern Europe as well as Eastern Christianity.--Religious Studies Review

Boasting depth as well as breadth, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars, undergraduates, and graduate students in the fields of Russian and European history, Jewish studies, and religious studies.--Journal of Modern History

In 1913, in the most sensational trial of its kind until then, Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish factory manager in Kiev, went on trial for ritual murder, a crime dredged from the twisted fantasies of Russian reactionaries. An international cause celebre, the trial confirmed once and for all that Czar Nicholas II's autocratic regime was a bastion of deep-seated antisemitism. Robert Weinberg . . . skillfully reconstructs the events that led to this appalling miscarriage of justice.5/20/14--SheldonKirshner.com

About the Author:

Robert Weinberg is Professor of History at Swarthmore College and author of The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps (IUP, 1993) and Stalin's Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0253010993
• ISBN 13: 9780253010995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204