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  • noun Plural form of shtetl.

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Examples

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Indymedia Ireland 2009

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Indymedia Ireland 2009

  • I decided to check out "Wiznits123″'s followers - and discovered what I had previously not known but should have suspected: Twitter has reached its tipping point, and now even the most old-world of shtetlach are using social media.

    Jewlicious 2009

  • I decided to check out "Wiznits123″'s followers - and discovered what I had previously not known but should have suspected: Twitter has reached its tipping point, and now even the most old-world of shtetlach are using social media.

    Jewlicious 2009

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Altermedia news U.S.A. Lindbergh 2009

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Baltimore IMC 2009

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Worcester Indymedia 2009

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Pittsburgh Indymedia 2009

  • "With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity.

    Chicago Indymedia 2009

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  • plural of shtetl.

    June 9, 2009