Russian Jews
Beginning of paper
To , the synagogue was the center of religion and religion
was the most important thing in their lives. The rabbi was their leader, they
came to him with every problem they had. Jews were poor, but they all gave
tzedakah. It was said that even the poorest Jews could find someone poorer to
help ....
Middle of paper
.... was kind and helped the Jews, the tax
they were forced to pay, stayed. before he died in 1825, the Jewish situation
became hard for them to bare. They lived in poverty in small and crowded places
and were oppressed. For hundreds of years, Jews lived these ways in two
communities - the ghetto and the shtetl. To keep out thieves and rioters from
coming in, they built walls around their section of town. When they did this,
the government and churches got an idea, they would use the walls ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
