In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger synced these Yiddish schools chose Yiddish

these Yiddish schools chose Yiddish itself as the primary conduit of Jewish identity and culture

Vividly illustrated and with essays from leading historians and critics

Petrovsky-Shtern brings this golden age to life

Jews of Poland

This family’s story is compelling and inspir­ing

In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger synced these Yiddish schools chose Yiddish2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalist Between 1918 and 1921, over a hundred thousand Jews were murdered in Ukraine by peasants, townsmen, and soldiers who blamed the Jews for the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. In hundreds of separate incidents, ordinary people robbed their Jewish neighbors with impunity, burned down their houses, ripped apart their Torah scrolls, sexually assaulted them, and killed them. Largely forgotten today, these