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shtetl

(shtĕt′l, shtāt′l)

n. pl. shtetls or shtet·lach (-läKH)

A small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe, especially before World War II.

[Yiddish, from Middle High German stetel, diminutive of stat, town, from Old High German, place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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shtetl

(ˈʃtetəl) or

shtetel

n, pl shtetlach (ˈʃtetlaːx) , shtetelach, shtetls or shtetels

(Sociology) (formerly) a small Jewish community in Eastern Europe

[Yiddish, little town]

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shtetl

(ˈʃtɛt l, ˈʃteɪ tl)

n., pl. shtet•lach (ˈʃtɛt lɑx, -ləx, ˈʃteɪt-)
Eng. shtetls.

Yiddish. (formerly) a Jewish village in E Europe.

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Bourekas films experienced a decline in the 1980's, mainly due to the rise of television and video on the one hand and the withdrawal of state support on the other (See Rami Kimchi, Shtetel in Israel).

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Our poor shtetel is burning, Raging winds are fanning the wild flames And furiously tearing, Destroying and scattering everything.

My Father's Holocaust Secret

Khakkarajnen's essay "Mestechko vspominaet o proshlom" (Shtetel Remembers the Past, 159-177) shows how the small Jewish craftsmen who, during the Soviet period were considered as asocial elements, became its emblematic representatives by an irony of history, despite the prestige of knowledge and education in Jewish culture.