The Spinoza of Market Street | Compare and Contrast
Early 1900s: There are some eleven million speakers of the Yiddish language. Late Twentieth Century: Approximately half of the world’s population of Yiddish speakers have been killed in the Holocaust.
Early 1900s: Poland is part of the Russian empire under the Tsar (Czar). Late Twentieth Century: With the breakup of the Soviet Union, formerly under communist rule, Poland becomes an independent nation.
Early 1900s: The shtetls in Warsaw, Poland, include a high concentration of the Jewish population, and are a locus of Jewish culture.
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