Volume 2: Jews and Urban Space, 2005, University of Maryland

2005 Workshop Texts

A Court Official's Personal Record Book
See: The Personal Record Book of Hayyim Gundersheim Dayyan
Edward Fram
Hayyim Gundersheim Dayyan, 1774
Translated by: Edward Fram, Ben-Gurion University

Cracow Community Ordinance of 5355
See: Close Quarters
Adam Teller
Community Constitution, 1595
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa

Decree banning Jewish commerce in Strassburg
See: Rural Jews in Alsace
Debra Kaplan
Bernhart Wurbmser the Knight, the Mayor and Council of Strassburg, 1530
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University

Decree of the Lithuanian Tribunal against the Kahal of Minsk
See: Law, Boundaries, and City Life in Early Modern Poland-Lithuania
Magda Teter
Lithuanian Tribunal, 1711
Translated by: Magda Teter, Wesleyan University

Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites
See: Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites
David Horowitz
Probate Court in Vienna, 1730s
Translated by: David Horowitz, Columbia University

Haag Jewish Community Minute Book
See: Haag Jewish Community Minute Book
Stefan Litt
Pinkas, 1723-1798
Translated by: Stefan Litt, Bar Ilan University, Israel / Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria

Jewish Settlement in Livorno
See: The City as a Place of Regulation, Border and Exclusion
Bernard Cooperman
Atti Civili del Ufficio di governatore di Livorno, 1605, 1610
Translated by: Bernard Cooperman, University of Maryland

Letter from Josel of Rosheim to the magistrates of Strasbourg
See: Rural Jews in Alsace
Debra Kaplan
Josel of Rosheim, 1534
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University

Letter from Josel of Rosheim to the magistrates of the city of Strasbourg
See: Rural Jews in Alsace
Debra Kaplan
Josel of Rosheim, ca 1534
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University

Letter from Lazarus of Surbourg to the magistrates of Hagenau
See: Rural Jews in Alsace
Debra Kaplan
Lazarus of Surbourg, 1575
Translated by: Debra Kaplan, Yeshiva University

Ordinance from the Pinkas of the Jewish Community in Poznań
See: Close Quarters
Adam Teller
Pinkas, 1686
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa

Responsa Be'er Yitzhak
See: Close Quarters
Adam Teller
Yitzhak ben Avraham, before 1685
Translated by: Adam Teller, University of Haifa

Responsum 257
See: Question of the Eruv in Early Modern Europe
David Katz
Samuel Aboab, 17th Century
Translated by: David Katz, University of Maryland

Responsum She'elot u'Teshuvot Hakham Zvi no. 6
See: Question of the Eruv in Early Modern Europe
David Katz
Hakham Zvi Ashkenazi, 1699
Translated by: David Katz, University of Maryland

Taverns and Public Drinking in Florence
See: Taverns and Public Drinking in Florence
Stefanie Siegmund
Public Records, 1571, 1608
Translated by: Stefanie Siegmund, University of Michigan

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
See: Proceedings of the Old Bailey
Todd Endelman
Translated by: Todd Endelman, University of Michigan

The Shtetl in Context
See: The Shtetl in Context:
Thomas C. Hubka
Translated by: Thomas Hubka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee



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