%0 Journal Article %T Support Your Own, on Your Own: Local Government Subsidies for Jewish Institutions during the Period of Galician Autonomy,  1866-1914 %A Kozińska-Witt, Hanna %J Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia %V 2017 %R 10.4467/20843925SJ.17.007.8176 %N Volume 15 %P 99-114 %K Galicia, Krakow, Lwów, Jewish poor, municipal self-government, poor law, Jewish welfare, charity, subsidies %@ 1733-5760 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/scripta-judaica-cracoviensia/artykul/support-your-own-on-your-own-local-government-subsidies-for-jewish-institutions-during-the-period-of-galician-autonomy-1866-1914 %X This article presents and analyses legal acts that influenced the situation of Jews in Galicia and shaped the local co-existence of Jewish communities and municipalities. It concentrates on subsidies provided to Jewish charities and welfare institutions by municipal funds. The subsidizing policy of Krakow is compared with that of Lwów.