Lublin Region
Until the middle of the 16th century,
Jewish communities existed only in Lublin and Kazimierz and maybe also
in Chelm. The migration of Jews to the Lublin region began with the
founding of new private towns, to which they were brought to develop
trade and services. New towns were in economic competition with existing
ones and so Lublin, Krasnystaw and Urzedow tried to limit the influx of
people of the Jewish faith. As aresult of high demographic growth in
the second half of the 18th century, Jews began to dominate in many
places (such as Krasnik, Lubartow and Leczna). At the beginning of the
20th century, in eleven towns more than 70% of the population was
Jewish, while in Laszczow and Izbica it was close to 100%. Jewish
settlement in rural areas was sparse and mostly limited to single
families engaged in trade, craftsmanship or tavern keeping. At the
outbreak of the Second World War there were about 300,000 Jews living in
the Lublin region.
Being acentre of Jewish culture and tradition for over three hundred
years, the Lublin lands (excluding the city itself) produced many
tzaddikim, such as Mordechai Josef Leiner of Izbica, Chaim Israel
Morgenstern of Pulawy or Motele Rokeach of Bilgoraj, as well as the
family of the famous Jewish writers, Israel Joshua and Isaac Bashevis
Singer.
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