Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transcription Chapter 1 Jewish Lithuania Chapter 2 The Ancient Heritage Chapter 3 Ashkenaz Chapter 4 Lita Chapter 5 The Council of Lithuania Chapter 6 The Gaon of Vilna Chapter 7 Hasidim and Misnagdim Chapter 8 A Land for Jewish Tradition Chapter 9 Individualists and Modernists Chapter 10 Hebrew Comes to Life Chapter 11 Yiddish Comes to Modern European Culture Chapter 12 Times of Revolution Chapter 13 In Four New Republics Chapter 14 Lithuanian Jewish Art Chapter 15 Today Appendix: The Karaites For Further Reading Index

About the Author

Dovid Katz, Vilnius University, Lithuania