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For 200 years Jews managed themselves - then it all collapsed
Long before ballots, parties and representatives, a Jewish world existed in Europe that managed almost everything itself - from taxes and courts to education, commerce and representation before the authorities. For hundreds of years an independent and sprawling system of governance operated, until within a single generation it nearly vanished. This is what the Jewish political world looked like before parties entered the picture.
· Source: Kikar HaShabbat. Photo as published in the article
Long before ballots, parties and representatives, a Jewish world existed in Europe that managed almost everything itself - from taxes and courts to education, commerce and representation before the authorities. For hundreds of years an independent and sprawling system of governance operated, until within a single generation it nearly vanished. This is what the Jewish political world looked like before parties entered the picture.
