Der mishpet ibrn kheder – The trial of the Kheder, Avraham Leib, I. Kinstein, K. Kaplan. "Yidishe komonistishe bibliotek" series, published by "Vitebsker guvernialer biro fun di yidishe sektsye r.k.p.", Vitebsk, 1922. Yiddish.
Trial of the Kheder, documents of the trial which took place in Vitebsk, 12-18 January 1921. Booklet concerning the opposition to the "Kheder" and traditional education. Includes protocols, essays, speeches and list of participants.
After the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (October 1917) the Bolsheviks realized that their affect on the Jewish public is slim. In order to deepen the communist awareness amongst Jews they founded a special ministerial office, including the Yevsektsya (Jewish department of the communist party). The Yevsektsya acted to exchange the traditional Jewish culture for culture in the spirit of the communist ideology and fought against the Jewish religion and the Zionist movement. As part of its fight against Judaism, it led public trials including trials against the traditional schooling in the Kheder. As a result synagogues and schools were closed, rabbis arrested, Torah books confiscated, and the religious activity went underground. 112, [2] pp, 22 cm. Good condition. Dry and fragile paper. Tears at borders of leaves. Inscriptions in pencil. The booklet is bound in its original cover, whole, and bound in a hard-binding. Stain on title-page.