Crossing the Ghetto Borders
Transformation of Jewish Settlement Structures and Acculturation Strategies of Jews
Prague: Institute of History, 2023.
The equalization of Jews in the 19th century had far-reaching consequences for the form of Jewish settlement in the Czech lands. The gates of the ghetto opened, and Jews began to move freely from enclosed quarters. The author examines how Jewish settlement structures changed in four towns and their surroundings and what acculturation strategies individuals and families chose using demographic and cartographic tools in this book.
Jews in Ostrava
Dynamics and Plurality of Jewish Society 1832–1942
Ostrava: Jewish Community in Ostrava, 2017.
The Jewish community in Ostrava emerged only in the second half of the 19th century but quickly became one of the largest in the Czech lands. It attracted Jewish immigrants from Moravia, Hungary, and Galicia, resulting in a very diverse character. Therefore, the book devotes significant space to exploring 'identity-forming centers,' social structures within Jewish society, and the identity of its members.
Jews in Frýdek and Místek
Jewish Community and Its Creators
Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2015.
The book follows the process of the emergence, development, decline, and extinction of the Jewish community in Frýdek and Místek, representing one of the Jewish communities in Moravia and Silesia evolving due to the emancipation of Jews. Unlike most of the existing literature on Moravian and Silesian 'emancipation' Jewish communities, this work does not only focus on external phenomena (the number and socio-economic status of Jews or the construction of religious buildings) but also pays attention to the community itself, its internal development and limits, various concepts for the development of common institutions, and the religious and later national identity of members of the Frýdek-Místek Jewish community. Additionally, the work examines the limits of the integration of Jews into the surrounding society, as well as territorial specifics resulting from the fact that this community was formed on the Moravian-Silesian border.