History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 1 [of 3]

CHAPTER I

THE JEWISH DIASPORA IN EASTERN EUROPE

1. THE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS ON THE SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA

From the point of view of antiquity the Jewish Diaspora in the east of Europe is the equal of that in the west, though vastly its inferior in geographic expansion and spiritual development. It is even possible that the settlement of Jews in the east of Europe antedate...