David E. Fishman is Associate Professor of Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.Yoichi Funabashi is currently the Washington Bureau Chief of the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese daily at which he has served as a correspondent in Washington, D.C., and Beijing and as diplomatic correspondent and columnist. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a Ushiba Fellow at the Institute for International Economics.

"An important contribution to the history of Russian Jewry, the Haskalah, and traditional Jewish society. I heartily recommend it." - Michael Stanislawski,Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Columbia University "A succinct and well-researched study. Essential." (Choice)

David E. Fishman is Associate Professor of Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.Yoichi Funabashi is currently the Washington Bureau Chief of the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese daily at which he has served as a correspondent in Washington, D.C., and Beijing and as diplomatic correspondent and columnist. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a Ushiba Fellow at the Institute for International Economics.

"An important contribution to the history of Russian Jewry, the Haskalah, and traditional Jewish society. I heartily recommend it." - Michael Stanislawski,Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Columbia University "A succinct and well-researched study. Essential." (Choice)

David E. Fishman is Associate Professor of Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.Yoichi Funabashi is currently the Washington Bureau Chief of the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese daily at which he has served as a correspondent in Washington, D.C., and Beijing and as diplomatic correspondent and columnist. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a Ushiba Fellow at the Institute for International Economics.

"An important contribution to the history of Russian Jewry, the Haskalah, and traditional Jewish society. I heartily recommend it." - Michael Stanislawski,Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Columbia University "A succinct and well-researched study. Essential." (Choice)