title: Foreword
abstract: During the past year, followers of world events have had a crash course on the conflict-ridden Ukraine and Crimea.Looking back in history, we find that life in these regions was also turbulent over one hundred years ago, as illustrated in The Shochet, the newly translated (from the original Yiddish) and fascinating memoirs of Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848-1930).At one time, the towns, villages, and cities of Goldenshteyn's native Ukraine were home to hundreds of thousands of Jews.For centuries,
journal: Academic Studies Press eBooks