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quitedifferentlythanitistoday.AJewishcommunityoperatedwithin
theframeworkofamoregeneralmodeloftheexerciseofpower,as
evidencedbythefactthatithadmanysimilaritieswiththesystemthat
prevailedatthetimeintownsandamongPolishnobility.
Iamawarethatsomeissuesarediscussedbriefly,onlyinsofaras
thecommunitymanagementisconcerned.Hencesuchimportant
aspectsofthecommunitylifeascharity,schools,orreligiouslifeare
treatedasiftheywereofsecondaryimportance.Stillotherproblems,
suchasrelationswithtownauthoritiesandtownsmen,orcooperation
betweenthecommunitiesandcentralJewishself-government
(betweentheprovincialcounciloftheWielkopolskaJewsand
theCouncilofFourLands),werenotraisedatall.Iamawarethat
manyaspectsofaJewishcommunity’slifecallforfurtherstudies,
alsobasedonthesourcematerialscomingfromotherregionsof
theCommonwealth.
Thisbookisamodifieddoctoraldissertationandwasalso
publishedinPolish.[4]Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthose
whocontributedtoitsimprovement,butfirstofalltoProfessors
JakubGoldberg,AdamTeller,andJerzyTomaszewski.Iparticularly
valuethelongstandingtutelageandhelpofferedbyProfessorAntoni
Mączak.ItistohismemorythatIdedicatethisbook.