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Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Shilem Letzki

A 19th century Warsaw Jew with a caftan, Letzki lived in a world where 17% of the prostitutes were Jews. Of interest is that few of this pre-war underworld made any great distinction between their activities and their religious life. Letzki organized a small synagogue for the Jewish prostitute community.

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