5,003 words Part 2 of 4 What Was Traditional Jewish Society Like Before Emancipation? By the early 1800s, when Napoleon brought about emancipation in Europe, the majority of the world’s Jews, Hasids, crowded the villages known as shtetls. Fiddler on the Roof would wax nostalgic about the shtetl, but this sentimental tripe ensured that readers of [...]