{"product_id":"lost-world-of-russias-jews","title":"Lost World of Russia's Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1913, Abraham Rechtman journeyed through the Russian Pale of Settlement on a mission to record its Jewish folk traditions before they disappeared forever. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World of Russia's Jews\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English translation of his extraordinary experiences, originally published in Yiddish, documenting a culture best known until now through romanticized works like \u003ci\u003eLife Is with People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFiddler on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the last years of the Russian Empire, Abraham Rechtman joined S. An-sky's Jewish Ethnographic Expedition to explore and document daily life in the centuries old Jewish communities of the Pale of Settlement. Rechtman described the key places where Jewish life and death were experienced and connected these sites to local folklore and customary practices. Among the many unique contributions of his memoir are riveting descriptions of traditional Jewish healers and exorcists—many of them women—and their methods and incantations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRather than a nostalgic portrait of an imagined shtetl, Rechtman succeeded in producing an intimate account of Jewish life and death that is highly nuanced and richly detailed. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost World of Russia's Jews\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully illuminates traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe on the eve of its transformation and, ultimately, destruction. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238770266456,"sku":"9780253056931","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780253056931.jpg?v=1777584626","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lost-world-of-russias-jews","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}