Lviv, Ukraine

The Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora,
Poland Series: Lwow Volume
(Lviv, Ukraine)

49°50' / 24°00'

Translation of
Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot: Lwow

Edited by Dr. N.M. Gelber

Published in Tel Aviv: 1956

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This is a translation from: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot: Lwow; Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora,
A memorial library of countries and communities, Poland Series: Lwow Volume: Part I, Edited by Dr. N.M. Gelber,
Published by the Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Jerusalem - Tel Aviv: 1956

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

I. The History of the Lwow Jews	Dr. N. M. Gelber

a. The beginnings of the Jewish settlement		21
b. The community		45
c. The trial against the Jesuits		53
d. Jewish commerce and craftsmanship		69
e. The community outside the town		85
f. Distinguished families		91
g. The 1648-49 persecutions		101
h. A time of transition		119
i. The situation during the 18th century		137
j. Lviv as reflected in the institutions of the Jewish Autonomy		155
k. The Austrian occupation		167
l. Education and culture		185
m. At the time of Emperor Franz II		197
n. The Haskala [Enlightment] Movement		215
o. As the Revolution began		225
p. 1 8 4 8		247
q. The period of transition to a constitutional regime		269
r. 1868 - 1918		303
s. Notes		343

II. The Religious Life
Rabbis and Heads of Yeshivot	Rav Reuven Margaliot	391
The religious life of the Lwow Jews	Tzvi Karl	421
The synagogues and the "Kloizen"	Zeev Zohar	451
Architecture and art in the synagogue	Y. Pinkerfeld	477
Hasidism and the Lwow community	M. S. Geshuri	481
The cantors of Lwow	M. S. Geshuri	491
The dwellings of the Jews (topography)	Dr. N. M. Gelber	509

III. The Cultural Life
Types and personalities	Dr. Z. Pinot-Finkelstein	525
The Jewish printers in Lwow	Chaim Dov Friedberg	539
The historians of the Lwow Jews	Dr. N. M. Gelber	553
The old Jewish cemetery		569

IV. The Period of Destruction and Holocaust
The destruction of the Lwow Jews	Dr. P. Friedman	593
Sources and Bibliography		731
Appendices		735
The first day in the death-camp	Eng. W. Porat (Ochs)	749
The last days of the Jewish leaders	Y. Shiloni	753

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