History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume I, From the Beginning until t…


Read by S S Kim

(4.8 stars; 6 reviews)

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 (14 hr 52 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1 The Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe, Part 1, 1. The Jewish Settleme… 13:32 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 1 The Jewish Diaspora in Eastern Europe, Part 2, 2. The Kingdom of Kaz… 43:41 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 2 The Jewish Colonies in Poland and Lithuania, Part 1, 1. The Immigrat… 33:40 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 2 The Jewish Colonies in Poland and Lithuania, Part 2, 4. Polish Jewry… 25:19 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 3 The Autonomous Center in Poland at its Zenith(1501-1648), Part 1, 1.… 38:23 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 3 The Autonomous Center in Poland at its Zenith(1501-1648), Part 2, 3.… 41:20 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 4 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry at its Zenith, Part 1, 1. Kahal Auton… 41:12 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 4 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry at its Zenith, Part 2, 3. The High-Wa… 36:59 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 1… 31:38 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 2… 42:03 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 5 The Autonomous Center in Poland During its Decline(1648-1772), Part 3… 35:05 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 1, … 37:29 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 2, … 36:09 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 6 The Inner Life of Polish Jewry During the Period of Decline, Part 3, … 47:08 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 7. The Russian Quarantine Against the Jews 44:49 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 1, 1. The Je… 38:28 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 2, 2. The Peri… 30:48 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 8 Polish Jewry During the Period of the Partitions, Part 3, 3. The Last… 31:04 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 9 The Beginnings of the Russian Régime, Part 1, 1. The Jewish Policy of… 33:00 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 9 The Beginnings of Russian Régime, Part 2, 2. Jewish Legislative Schem… 31:09 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 1, 1. The Committ… 24:21 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 2, 3.The Projecte… 23:37 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 10 The "Enlightened Absolutism" of Alexander I, Part 3. 4. The Patrioti… 23:58 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 11 The Inner Life of Russian Jewry During The Period of "Enlightened Ab… 31:45 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 11 The Inner Life of Russian Jewry During the Period of "Enlightened Ab… 22:20 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 12 The Last Years of Alexander I, Part 1, 1. The Deputation of the Jewi… 25:50 Read by S S Kim
Chapter 12 The Last Years of Alexander I, Part 2, 3. Judaizing Sects.... 4. Re… 28:05 Read by S S Kim

Reviews

My Grandfather's family was from Vilna.


(5 stars)

Excellent book covers the whole area


(5 stars)

I started listening to this because I’ve been doing a study of the history of Judaism . Several weeks after starting the book the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began . This has been very helpful in understanding not only Jewish history but political and regional history . I’ve also expanded my listening to other LibriVox Russian and Eastern European related readings . The material is dense and the reader’s first language is not English .I was determined to use the resource and not get discouraged .I went to another wonderful online site, Project Gutenberg , found the print version and followed along with Mr. Kim through about two thirds of the first volume . Once accustomed to his cadence and pronunciations I was able to just listen . I appreciate his taking the time to volunteer reading . I learned a lot . It is worth the effort to stay with the material through all three volumes .