Digest, December 1982

Contents: War and Catastrophe. Monuments of struggle and suffering -- At the junction of three republics -- One man against the odds -- In an unnamed town -- The deportation case -- Statistics and facts. Jews as CPSU members -- Ethiopian adherents of Judaism -- Sephardim vs. Ashkenazim -- Historical details. Jewish printing houses in Turkey -- "Dipping one's feet in oil" -- Routes of 9th-century Jewish merchants. The Arab geographer Ibn Khordadbeh on Eastern Europe -- National culture. 1937: The Paris Congress of Jewish Culture -- Concert at the Riga Philharmonic -- "Under the hot sun" -- From previously published material. The "Judaizers" heresy -- List of publications summarized in 1982