Excerpt from The Persecution of the Jews in Russia: With Appendix Containing a Summary of Special and Restrictive Laws Hard though the yoke was, the burden has been made absolutely unbearable by enactments brought into existence some eight years ago, and put into rigorous operation during the last three or four years; they were even, it was feared, about to be extended and intensified during the present year. The practical effect of even their present application can be best summed up in the one crushing unwritten law, No Russian Jew shall earn a living. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.