Michałowska-Mycielska Anna

The Council of Lithuanian Jews 1623-1764

The Council of Lithuanian Jews 1623-1764

The Council of Lithuanian Jews (Lithuanian Vaad) was the central representative organ of the Jews in the Grand Duchy of Lithua¬nia. It operated for nearly one and a half centuries (1623-1764), touching all spheres of the Jewish community’s life. It undertook important initiatives for the benefit of its constituency at diets and dietines (legislative assemblies of the nobility), at the courts of the King and important magnates, and in non-Jewish courts of law. This book discusses the Council’s activities i

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Sejm Żydów Litewskich (1623-1764)

Sejm Żydów Litewskich (1623-1764)

Sejm Żydów litewskich (waad litewski) był centralną reprezentacją żydowską na terenie Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego. Działał przez prawie półtora wieku (1623-1764), a jego aktywność dotyczyła wszystkich sfer życia społeczeństwa żydowskiego. Podejmował szeroko zakrojone działania na rzecz ogółu Żydów litewskich na sejmach i sejmikach szlacheckich, na dworze królewskim, w sądach nieżydowskich, na dworach magnackich. Książka pokazuje nie tylko działalność samej instytucji, ale i różnorodne procesy i zjawisk

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The Jewish Community. Authority and social control in Poznań and Swarzędz 1650-1973

The Jewish Community. Authority and social control in Poznań and Swarzędz 1650-1973

This book features the mechanisms underlying the life of Jewish communities and the policies pursued by their authorities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th-18th centuries on the example of two communities: Poznań and Swarzędz. It covers such issues as election of community officials and their responsibilities, the rabbi's office, community courts, craftsmen's guilds and brotherhoods, control exercised by the community authorities over residents, the community's fiscal policy, the relations

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