Jailbirds: Hassidic masters who were imprisoned in Eastern Europe
Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhyn (1796-1850) was subject to investigation and imprisonment beginning in September 1836 on suspicion of sedition against the czar.
COSSACK MAMAY – the ideal image of Cossack in Ukrainian folklore.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByLEVI COOPERUpdated: