Jewish Autonomy in Poland and Lithuania Until 1648 . . Author   shmuel A. Arthur    Publishing year   1997   Pages   493   ISBN/ISSN   965-90187-0-3          85.00   . This volume deals with Jewish communal autonomy in Poland and Lithuania in the 16th and early 17th centuries. Through excerpts from original source material it describes the structure of Jewish self-goverment and economic problems that the Jews faced in their everyday life: Deserted wives, loans at interest to Jews, rights of daughters to inherit part of their fathers' estates, organization and maintenance of elementary education in the communities, and many other questions. In English ISBN: 965-90187-0-3 493 pages, Hard cover Published in Jerusalem, 1997