Jewish City or Inferno of Russian Israel?

Victoria Khiterer is an Assistant Professor of History and the Director of the Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide at Millersville University, PA, USA. She is the author and editor of four books and over eighty articles in Russian and Eastern European Jewish History.

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations A Note on Dates, Spelling, and Names List of Tables List of Illustrations List of Maps Introduction Chapter One. The History of Jews in Kiev from the Tenth Century to 1660 Chapter Two. The Jews of Kiev in the Embrace of the Russian Empire (1794–1859) Chapter Three. The Jewish Right of Residence in Kiev in 1859–1917 Chapter Four. The Kiev Jewish Community and its Leaders Chapter Five. The Wealth and Poverty of Jews in Kiev Chapter Six. Jewish Pogroms and the Beilis Affair Chapter Seven. How Jews Gained Their Education in Kiev Chapter Eight. Jewish Culture in Kiev Chapter Nine. Between Tradition and Modernity: Jewish Religious Life in Kiev Conclusion Appendix. Dmitrii Bogrov and the Assassination of Stolypin Bibliography

"The author’s enthusiasm for her topic is clear…Readers will find information here on Jews from Kiev in nearly every kind of endeavor, from business to the arts, and even the circus...Without any minimization of the prevalent anti-Semitism or violence, Khiterer describes well the achievements of the Jewish community...Khiterer’s work is at times as engaging as it is exhaustive, and it is hoped she will continue to remain such an amiable guide to a difficult past."