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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Jewish Refuge
How did Poland become a haven for Europe's persecuted Jews? This episode explores the remarkable story of Jewish life in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 13th century to the partitions. We discuss the Statute of Kalisz (1264) issued by Bolesław the Pious, which granted unprecedented legal protections, the rise of autonomous Jewish self-government through the Council of Four Lands, and the golden age of Talmudic scholarship under Rabbi Moses Isserles in Kraków. We also examine the darker side: the Chmielnicki Uprising's massacres in 1648–49 and the subsequent decline…
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