Jewish leadership during the cholera epidemic, 1848
In 1848 a cholera epidemic struck Vilna, Lithuania. It was near Yom Kippur. Two incidents have come down to us from that frightful time, one rather well known, one not. It is the l…
In 1848 a cholera epidemic struck Vilna, Lithuania. It was near Yom Kippur. Two incidents have come down to us from that frightful time, one rather well known, one not. It is the l…