%0 Journal Article %T ANTI-POGROM LOYALISTS, MODERNISATORS OR DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE? AN ANONYMOUS LETTER TO THE GENERAL-GOVERNOR OF VILNA FROM 1903 %A Markowski, Artur %J Studia Judaica %V 2017 %R 10.4467/24500100STJ.17.007.7733 %N No 1 (39) %P 143-154 %K pogroms, self-defense, Jewish politics, Russian Jewry %@ 1506-9729 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-judaica/article/antypogromowi-lojalisci-zwolennicy-modernizacji-obroncy-swojego-ludu-anonimowy-list-do-generala-gubernatora-wilenskiego-z-1903-roku %X An anonymous letter to the general-governor of Vilna was sent in 1903. It concerns the permission to establish Jewish self-defense groups regardless of the political intentions of the Bund or Poale Zion. The author represents a loyalist attitude and shows ideological nuances within the Jewish community prior to 1905