Description
Elisheva Carlebach's presentation discusses excerpts from the Pinkas Shamash Altona, providing a glimpse on an aspect of Jewish life that usually remained obscured--illegitimate children born to Jewish domestic servants, and the servants themselves, held very marginal status in the community. One of the pertinent issue was death. If they died the responsibility for buying them was contested between many different parties.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Pinkas Shamash Altona (1766-1767)
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Start Date
22-8-2006 11:00 AM
Location
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
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Pinkas Shamash Altona (1766-1767)
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Elisheva Carlebach's presentation discusses excerpts from the Pinkas Shamash Altona, providing a glimpse on an aspect of Jewish life that usually remained obscured--illegitimate children born to Jewish domestic servants, and the servants themselves, held very marginal status in the community. One of the pertinent issue was death. If they died the responsibility for buying them was contested between many different parties.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Pinkas Shamash Altona (1766-1767)
