Simon Markovich Dubnow

Simon Markovich Dubnow (born Sept. 10, 1860, Mstislavl, Russia [now in Belarus]—died December 1941, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R.) was a Jewish historian who introduced a sociological emphasis into the study of Jewish history, particularly that of eastern Europe. Dubnow early ceased to practice Jewish rituals. He later came to believe that his vocation as a historian of Judaism was as true to the faith of his ancestors as were the Talmudic studies of his piously Orthodox...