The Jewish Inn in Polish Culture, livre ebook

The Jewish inn (żydowska karczma) was a central pillar of economic and social life in Polish lands before the Second World War. While its primary role was to provide hospitality, it also functioned as a multifaceted hub for business, leisure, and religious festivities, reflecting its vital role in the community.

In The Jewish Inn: Between Practice and Phantasm, editors Halina Goldberg and Bożena Shallcross present 11 captivating articles that delve into the inn's significance as a symbolic incubator of Jewish cultural possibilities. The collection examines the inn's evolving artistic potential across different eras, genres, media, and analytical perspectives.

From exploring the intricate connections between music, dance, and other arts within the inn's spatial arrangement to highlighting the increasing prominence of women in the inn's family dynamics, The Jewish Inn offers a comprehensive and transdisciplinary reevaluation of this crucial institution and stands as a significant and creative contribution to Polish-Jewish studies.

Preface: An Invitation to the Jewish Inn, by Bożena Shallcross
Acknowledgments
Note on Place Names, Personal Names, and TransliterationsPart I: Theatrical and Literary Phantasms
1. The Jewish Innkeeper in Polish National Ballet, by Halina Goldberg
2. The Romantic Invention of the Jewish Inn, by Bożena ShallcrossPart II: Contractual Frameworks
3. Jewish Tavern Here and There: An Impact of Regional and Other Differences in Forms of Rural Lease-Holdings before and after Partitions, by Judith KalikPart III: Communal Spaces in Transition
4. Jewish Musicians in the Polish Inn during the Nineteenth Century, by Benjamin Vogel
5. From Taverns to Courtyards and Cafes: How the Shtetl Transferred/ Migrated in Fin-De-Siècle Warsaw, by Beth HolmgrenPart IV: Innkeepers' Daughters
6. Jula's Diary: A Hasidic Tavernkeeper's Daughter during the First World War, by Glenn Dynner
7. Writing for Hay: Wyspiański's Rachela as Arbiter of Speculative Value, by Eliza RosePart V: The Voided Austeria
8. From Lost Center to Not-Knowing: On the Use of the Jewish Inn in Julian Stryjkowski's The Inn And Piotr Szewc's Annihilation, by Alexander Lindskog
9. Austeria and a Tavern, by Iwona KurzPart VI: After Nostalgia
10. Serving Ciulim in Polish Countryside: Food and the Construction of a "Polish-Jewish Heritage", by Magdalena Zatorska
11. Jewish Tavern, Jewish Places: Beyond Nostalgia, by Sławomir Sikora
Bibliography
Index