A Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion, and Violence in Modern Jewish History

A Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion, and Violence in Modern Jewish History

by Michael Stanislawski (Author)

Synopsis

On September 6, 1848, Abraham Ber Pilpel entered the kitchen of Rabbi Abraham Kohn and his family and poured arsenic in the soup that was being prepared for their dinner. Within hours, the rabbi and his infant daughter were dead. This book tells the story of the murder, the trial that followed, and the political and religious fallout of both.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 15 Jan 2007

ISBN 10: 069112843X
ISBN 13: 9780691128436