The Shochet : A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea

Academic Studies Press

The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea\nby Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn\nTitle: The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social discrimination and social justice\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9798887193007\nRRP: \u00A3106.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nSet in Ukraine and Crimea, this unique autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of life in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia. Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned as a young boy, is a master storyteller. Folksy, funny, streetwise, and self-confident, he is a keen observer of nineteenth-century E.