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shtetl (sht

l, sht

n. pl. shtetls or shtet·lach (-lä

)

A small Jewish town or village formerly found throughout Eastern Europe.

[Yiddish, from Middle High German stetel, diminutive of stat, town, from Old High German, place; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

shtetl [ˈʃtet^əl]

n pl shtetlach [ˈʃtetlaːx], shtetls

(Sociology) (formerly) a small Jewish community in Eastern Europe

[Yiddish, little town]

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No references found			In all his works, Sholom Aleichem conjures up imaginary tales about men, women and children--inventions, yes, but never far removed from life in the shtetls and townships of his youth and of his wanderings. Laughing with tears by Bikel, Theodore / Moment Problem: As a writer for the Jewish newspaper Forward informed me, the hora is a Romanian folk dance that was popularized in Israel and has now spread to Jewish communities around the world, but it is not known for having been danced in the former shtetls of eastern Europe. New York Times crossword goofs: (continued from Vol. 40, February ... by Shortz, Will / Word Ways We were peasant children right out of the shtetls of New Jersey and Queens screaming, "You want to know the truth about Columbia University, they're a bunch of liberal imperialists Why Jews Are Not Leading an Antiwar Movement This Time Round by Observer Staff / The New York Observer			Shrove Tuesday Shrovetide Shroving Shrow Shrowd shrub shrub layer shrubbery Shrubbiness shrubby shrubby bittersweet Shrubby horsetail shrubby penstemon shrubby St John's wort Shrubless shrublet shrubs Shruff shrug shrug off shrunk shrunken shrunken head sht. shtetl shtetls shtick shtickl shtik shtikl shtoom shtuck shtup Shua Shubra al Khaymah shuck shuck off Shucker shucks shudder shuddering shudderingly shuddery Shude shudra shuffle shuffle off shuffle play shuffleboard Shufflecap Shuffler			Shteller, Pavel Shteller, Pavel Pavlovich Shtelling, Eduard Shtelling, Eduard Vasilevich Shtemenko, Sergei Shtemenko, Sergei Matveevich Shterenberg Shterenberg, David Shterenberg, David Petrovich Shtern, Grigorii Shtern, Grigorii Mikhailovich Shtern, Lina Shtern, Lina Solomonovna Shternberg, Lev Shternberg, Lev Iakovlevich Shternberg, Pavel Shternberg, Pavel Karlovich Shternfeld, Ari Shternfeld, Ari Abramovich Shterovka Shtetel Shtetel Shtetele Shtetele shtetl shtetl shtetlach shtetlach shtetls SHTF SHTF SHTG SHTI shtick shtickl shticks Shtiglits School of Design shtik shtikl Shtiurmer, Boris Shtiurmer, Boris Vladimirovich SHTL SHTM Shtml Shtml Shtof Shtogarenko, Andrei Shtogarenko, Andrei Iakovlevich Shtok Shtokavian Shtokolov, Boris Shtokolov, Boris Timofeevich shtoom Shtorkh, Andrei Shtorkh, Andrei Karlovich

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