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Jewish epitaphs from Białystok, 1892–1902: embracing the spirit of Dubnow.

In the early twentieth century, Polish historian Mejer Bałaban delivered a most telling condemnation of Jewish epitaphs as “blatantly baroque,” “overloaded with epithets” and difficult to understand. In the late nineteenth century, the maskil Simon Dubnow had delivered a plea to the maskilim (intell...

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Published in:East European Jewish Affairs Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 129 - 159
Main Author: Szpek, HeidiM.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2012
Subjects:
Jewish epitaphs
Dubnow, Simon, 1860-1941
Balaban, Majer, 1877-1943
Tombs
Jewish historiography
Białystok (Poland)
Poland
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