CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS: The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century

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The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century

Natan M. Meir

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Meir, Natan M.. "CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS: The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century". Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939, Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2020, pp. 39-62. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503613065-006

Meir, N. (2020). CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS: The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century. In Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 (pp. 39-62). Redwood City: Stanford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503613065-006

Meir, N. 2020. CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS: The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century. Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, pp. 39-62. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503613065-006

Meir, Natan M.. "CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS: The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century" In Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939, 39-62. Redwood City: Stanford University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503613065-006

Meir N. CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS: The Russian State, the Kahal, and Marginal Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century. In: Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939. Redwood City: Stanford University Press; 2020. p.39-62. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503613065-006

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
FIGURES ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATES xv
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. JEWISH MARGINAL PEOPLE IN PREMODERN EUROPE 17
CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS 39
CHAPTER 3. “A PILE OF DUST AND RUBBLE” 63
CHAPTER 4. THE CHOLERA WEDDING 89
CHAPTER 5. A “REPUBLIC OF BEGGARS”? Charity, Jewish Backwardness, and the Specter of the Jewish Idler 117
CHAPTER 6. MADNESS AND THE MAD 148
CHAPTER 7. “WE SINGING JEWS, WE JEWS POSSESSED” 176
EPILOGUE 227
CONCLUSION: Jewish Intersectionality at the European Fin-de-Siècle 237
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
INDEX 331

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
FIGURES ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATES xv
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. JEWISH MARGINAL PEOPLE IN PREMODERN EUROPE 17
CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS 39
CHAPTER 3. “A PILE OF DUST AND RUBBLE” 63
CHAPTER 4. THE CHOLERA WEDDING 89
CHAPTER 5. A “REPUBLIC OF BEGGARS”? Charity, Jewish Backwardness, and the Specter of the Jewish Idler 117
CHAPTER 6. MADNESS AND THE MAD 148
CHAPTER 7. “WE SINGING JEWS, WE JEWS POSSESSED” 176
EPILOGUE 227
CONCLUSION: Jewish Intersectionality at the European Fin-de-Siècle 237
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
INDEX 331

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