Тимоти Снайдер: Как появилась современная Украина. Лекция 8. Евреи в Украине.

Was the Khazar Khaganate a Jewish state? Why did Jewish communities prohibit displays of wealth, such as jewelry and fashionable clothing? Why did Eastern Europe become a center of attraction for Jews? Why did the Polish nobility profit from renting land to Jews? And finally, who was right in the 50-year dispute over the right to rent a tavern – Simeon or Ruben? The eighth lecture in the course on the history of Ukraine is given by guest lecturer Glenn Diner, a specialist in the social history of Jews. Glenn Diner argues that in the territory of modern-day Ukraine, a unique symbiosis developed between the Polish nobility and Jews, in which the Jews enjoyed the physical protection of the nobility, while the nobility received managers and administrators who posed no political threat. At times when the nobility's power wavered, this precarious balance gave way to outbursts of brutal violence—for example, during the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Uprising and after the First World War. CONTENTS: 00:00 Introduction by Glenn Diner 02:20 Jews between Colonizers and Colonized 08:02 St. Augustine: Jews Suffer for Edification 11:29 Eastern Europe - the Center of Gravity 13:25 Judaism in Khazaria 16:51 Jews on the Frontier of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 18:59 Polish Colonialism: The Symbiosis of Nobility and Jews 26:38 Political Institutions 31:25 The Rise of Religious and Commercial Life 37:41 The Case of Simeon and Ruben 42:19 Jewish Cooperation with Christians 44:30 The Khmelnytsky Uprising 48:44 Augustine's Formula and Jewish Security * * A reminder about the new lecture can be found on Twitter:   / rudubs_snyder   * * At the same time I started recording my translations, two more channels started translating this course:    / @clpsclip   ​   / @babylon-academy   I couldn't contact them, and the first one seems to have died down, while the second one, on the contrary, is posting lectures faster than I am: so if you're eager to listen to the next lecture, you can do so there. * * "The Making of Modern Ukraine" is a course on the history of Ukraine from Kyivan Rus' to President Zelenskyy, taught by Timothy Snyder at Yale University in September-November 2022. Original recordings in English:    • Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine