Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,074,349,299 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

shtetl

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.04 sec.
shtetl
any small-town Jewish settlement in East Europe. [Jewish Hist.: Wigoder, 552]
See : Rusticity


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
where I spent my childhood"--essentially the archetypal shtetl.
The semi-autobiographical Foer Wood plays is a studious introvert who spends most of the movie in the backseat of an old jalopy as two Ukrainian guides drive him around the countryside in search of a shtetl that was wiped out during the Holocaust.
This was true even for some young women, as shown in Glenn, Daughters of the Shtetl.
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.. Terms of Use.