The Shochet (Vol. 1)

“An impressively researched and surprisingly accessible portrait of Jewish life in the mid-19th century.” —  Kirkus Reviews Set in Ukraine and Crimea, this unique autobiography offers a fascinating, detailed picture of life in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia. Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a traditional Jew who was orphaned as a young boy and became a shochet (kosher slaughter) as a young man, is a master storyteller. Folksy, funny, streetwise, and