Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius - Softcover

N N Shneidman

 
9780889626591: Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0889626596 ISBN 13: 9780889626591
Publisher: Mosaic Press, 2010

Synopsis

Since the Middle Ages Vilna (also known as Vilnius or the Jerusalem of Lithuania), was one of the main centres of Jewish cultural, religious, social and political activity in the Diaspora. At one time, close to half of all the city inhabitants were Jewish. Today the Jewish community of Vilnius is a faint shadow of its glorious past. No more than 4,000 Jews, or less than 1% of its total population, remain in the city. Most of the former Jewish residents of Vilnius were murdered during the Holocaust, and many of those who managed to survive moved to Israel, or other Western countries.

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About the Author

Professor Emeritus N N Shneidman is the author of the citically acclaimed Jerusalem of Lithuania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnius, ISBN 0-88962-659-0 (Mosaic Press, 1998) and seven other books.

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Publisher
Mosaic Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0889626596
ISBN 13 
9780889626591
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
188