Support Your Own, on Your Own: Local Government Subsidies for Jewish Institutions during the Period of Galician Autonomy, 1866-1914
Support Your Own, on Your Own: Local Government Subsidies for Jewish Institutions during the Period of Galician Autonomy, 1866-1914
Author(s): Hanna Kozińska-WittSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Jewish studies, Governance, Welfare services, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Galicia; Krakow; Lwów; Jewish poor; municipal self-government; poor law; Jewish welfare; charity; subsidies;
Summary/Abstract: This article presents and analyses legal acts that influenced the situation of Jews in Galicia and shaped the local co-existence of Jewish communities and municipalities. It concentrates on subsidies provided to Jewish charities and welfare institutions by municipal funds. The subsidizing policy of Krakow is compared with that of Lwów.
Journal: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 99-114
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English