Chaeran Freeze

ChaeRan Y. Freeze is the Frances and Max Elkon Chair in Modern Jewish History at Brandeis University. Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia was a 2000 recipient of the Koret book publication grant.

A Jewish Woman of Distinction: The Life and Diaries of Zinaida Poliakova

Zinaida Poliakova (1863–1953) was the eldest daughter of Lazar Solomonovich Poliakov, one of the three brothers known as the Russian Rothschilds....

The Individual in History: Essays in Honor of Jehuda Reinharz

Jehuda Reinharz, born in Haifa in 1944, spent his childhood in Israel and his adolescence in Germany, and moved with his family to the United States when...

Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia: Select Documents, 1772–1914

This book makes accessible—for the first time in English—declassified archival documents from the former Soviet Union, rabbinic sources, and previously...

Jewish Marriage and Divorce in Imperial Russia

ChaeRan Freeze explores the impact of various forces on marriage and divorce among Jews in 19th-century Russia. Challenging romantic views of the Jewish...

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