The Jews of Pinsk, 1881 to 1941

• List of Figures, Tables, and Maps
• p. xi

• Preface
• p. xiii

• Acknowledgments
• p. xxxiii

• Abbreviations and Shortened Forms
• p. xxxv

• 1
• Pinsk (1881-1914)
• p. 1

• Formative Factors
• p. 1

• Demography
• p. 2

• Emigration
• p. 3

• The Political Situation
• p. 9

• The Economic Crisis
• p. 15

• Economic Transition-Industry
• p. 18

• 2
• Political Trends (Up to 1906)
• p. 38

• Hibbat Zion
• p. 39

• In the Period of the Odessa Committee and Benei Moshe
• p. 51

• In Herzl's Time
• p. 56

• The Bund
• p. 70

• Poalei Zion
• p. 94

• During the First Revolution (1905)
• p. 96

• 3
• The Hebrew Language Movement in Pinsk
• p. 126

• 4
• Education and Culture (1881-1914)
• p. 145

• The Traditional Heder
• p. 149

• The Pinsk Talmud Torah
• p. 152

• The Karlin Talmud Torah
• p. 159

• The Hadarim Metukanim
• p. 165

• Ivrit Be-Ivrit in the Heder Ha-Metukan
• p. 174

• Russian-Jewish Schools for Boys
• p. 178

• The Education of Girls
• p. 183

• Secondary Education
• p. 185

• Vocational Training
• p. 191

• The Beginnings of Kindergartens
• p. 195

• Adult Education
• p. 196

• 5
• Changes in Lifestyle and Culture (1881-1914)
• p. 202

• 6
• Institutions, Societies, and Associations for Social Welfare (1881-1914)
• p. 227

• 7
• Suppression and Reaction (1906-1914)
• p. 240

• 8
• In the Period of the First World War
• p. 288

• Until the German Conquest (August 1, 1914-September 17, 1915)
• p. 288

• The Beginning of German Rule
• p. 295

• Hunger Pangs and Hard Labor
• p. 302

• Expulsions
• p. 321

• Forced Labor
• p. 326

• Citizens' Committee
• p. 334

• Organizations and Political Parties
• p. 342

• Economic Life
• p. 348

• Education and Culture
• p. 350

• Support for the Needy
• p. 357

• 9
• Interregnum (1918-1920)
• p. 358

• The German-Ukrainian Condominium and Ukrainian Rule, following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, until February 1, 1919
• p. 359

• First Bolshevik Occupation (February 1-March 5, 1919)
• p. 364

• First Polish Regime (March 5, 1919-July 26, 1920)
• p. 368

• The Second Bolshevik Occupation (July 26-September 26, 1920)
• p. 441

• Invasion and Rioting by Balakhovich's Troops and the Second Polish Regime (September 26, 1920-March 18, 1921) (Treaty of Riga)
• p. 444

• 10
• Between Two World Wars
• p. 459

• Character of the City
• p. 459

• Jewish Public Affairs
• p. 495

• Zionism
• p. 502

• The General Zionists
• p. 511

• Wizo [Woman's International Zionist Organization]
• p. 513

• The Revisionist Party and the New Zionist Organization
• p. 515

• Zeirei Zion and Poalei Zion-Z. S.
• p. 516

• Hitahdut
• p. 522

• Left Poalei Zion
• p. 523

• The Bund
• p. 524

• The Communists
• p. 529

• Zionist Orthodoxy: The Mizrahi
• p. 535

• Non-Zionist Orthodoxy
• p. 536

• The He-Halutz Movement, He-Halutz Ha-Kelali
• p. 539

• He-Halutz Ha-Merkazi
• p. 547

• He-Halutz Ha-Mizrahi
• p. 549

• He-Halutz Ha-Betari
• p. 550

• The Political Situation in the Municipality
• p. 551

• Anti-Semitic Attracks and Preparation for Self-Defense
• p. 562

• The Kehillah-the Jewish Autonomous Community
• p. 564

• Education and Culture
• p. 583

• Kindergartens
• p. 584

• Elementary Schools
• p. 585

• The Tarbut Schools
• p. 595

• High School Education
• p. 596

• Vocational Education
• p. 605

• Adult Education
• p. 610

• Welfare and Mutual Assistance Institutions
• p. 617

• Orphanages
• p. 617

• Old-Age Homes
• p. 624

• Towarzystwo Ochrony Zdrowia (TOZ)
• p. 626

• The Tomkhei Aniyim Society
• p. 628

• Linat Tzedek Society
• p. 630

• Women's Society for Welfare Work
• p. 631

• Hospitals
• p. 631

• Gemilut Hesed (Free Loan) Societies
• p. 635

• 11
• The Second World War up to the Nazi Occupation (September 16, 1939-July 4, 1941)
• p. 638

• Afterword: Pinsk in Wartime and from 1945 to the Present Zvi Gitelman
• p. 652

• The Holocaust
• p. 654

• Post-War Pinsk
• p. 655

• After the Soviets
• p. 657

• Notes
• p. 661

• Bibliography
• p. 731

• Index
• p. 739