History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I, From the Beginning until the Death of Alexander I (1825)
Author(s): Simon Dubnow, Israel Friedlaender
Genre(s): History
Narrators: S S Kim
Number of Chapters: 27
Length: 14 hours and 52 minutes
Language: English
Simon Dubnow was born in 1860 to a poor Jewish family in Belarussian town of Mstsislaw and later became authority of Jewish history and an activist. Due to his Jewish origin, he had to move to St.Petersburg, Odessa, Vilna(Lithuania), St.Petersburg(2nd time), Kaunas(Lithuania), Berlin and finally Riga(Latvia) after Hitler came to power. When Nazi troops occupied Latvia 1941, he was moved with thousands of other Jews to Riga ghetto and was eventually killed. His life is a symbol of Jewish suffering in Eastern Europe in the first half of 20 century. This book is one of the most extensive and thorough study of the glory and suffering of the Jews in Russia and Poland for 2000 years. - Summary by S. S. Kim
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Chapter 1 The Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe, Part 1, 1. The Jewish Settlements on the Shores of the Black Sea (S S Kim)
Chapter 1 The Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe, Part 2, 2. The Kingdom of Kazhars, 3. The Jews in Early Russian (S S Kim)
Chapter 2 The Jewish Colonies in Poland and Lithuania, Part 1, 1. The Immigration from Western... 2. The Charter of Prince Boleslav... 3. Rise of Polish Jewry (S S Kim)
Chapter 2 The Jewish Colonies in Poland and Lithuania, Part 2, 4. Polish Jewry During .... 5. The Jews of Lithuania..... 6. The conflict between (S S Kim)
Chapter 3 The Autonomous Center in Poland at its Zenith(1501-1648), Part 1, 1. Social and Economic..... 2. The Liberal Régime (S S Kim)
Chapter 3 The Autonomous Center in Poland at its Zenith(1501-1648), Part 2, 3. Liberation and Reaction .... 4. Shlakhta and Royalty (S S Kim)
Chapter 4 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry at its Zenith, Part 1, 1. Kahal Autonomy ..... 2. The Instruction of the Young (S S Kim)
Chapter 4 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry at its Zenith, Part 2, 3. The High-Water Mark of Rabbinic Learning, (S S Kim)
Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 1, 1 Economic and National Antagonism, 2. The Pogroms and Massacres. (S S Kim)
Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 2, 3. The Russian and Swedish...... 4. The Restoration... 5. Social and Political. (S S Kim)
Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 3, 6. A Frenzy of Blood..... 7. The Massacre of Uman. (S S Kim)
Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 1, Jewish Self-Government, 2. Rabbinical and Mystical (S S Kim)
Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 2, 3. The Sabbatian Movement, 4. The Frankish Sect, (S S Kim)
Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 3, 5. The Rise of Hasidism..... 6. The Hasidic Propaganda.... 7. Rabbinism, Hasidism (S S Kim)
Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 1, 1. The Jews of Poland after the First Partition (S S Kim)
Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 2, 2. The Period of Quadrennial Diet (S S Kim)
Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 3, 3. The Last Two Partitions and Berek Yoselovich, 4. The Duchy of Warsaw (S S Kim)
Chapter 9 The Beginnings of the Russian Régime, Part 1, 1. The Jewish Policy of Catherine II (S S Kim)
Chapter 9 The Beginnings of Russian Régime, Part 2, 2. Jewish Legislative Schemes .... 3. Dyerzhvin's Opinion (S S Kim)
Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 1, 1. The Committee for Amelioration.... 2. The Jewish Constitution (S S Kim)
Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 2, 3.The Projected Expulsion from the Villages (S S Kim)
Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 3. 4. The Patriotic Attitude..... 5. Economic and Agricultural (S S Kim)
Chapter 11 The Inner Life of Russian Jewry During The Period of "Enlightened Absolutism", Part 1, 1. Kahal Autonomy.... 2. The Hasidic Schism. (S S Kim)
Chapter 11 The Inner Life of Russian Jewry During the Period of "Enlightened Absolutism", Part 2, 3. Rabbinism, Hasidizm (S S Kim)
The audiobook History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I, From the Beginning until the Death of Alexander I (1825) falls under the genres of History. It is written by Simon Dubnow, Israel Friedlaender.