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shtetls  

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  • Generally defined as small Jewish towns or enclaves in eastern Europe, shtetls have great symbolic value in modern Jewish history. The term comes from the Yiddish word shtot, which means town. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Shtetls]

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