Noun
shtetl (plural shtetls or shtetlach or shtetlech or shtetlekh)
A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
As their memories of shtetl life were so similar, Singer found Lieblich’s images ideally suited to illustrate his texts. Source: Internet
Streisand starred as a young woman in a Jewish shtetl who poses as a man to pursue an education. Source: Internet
His mother was born Sophie Cohen, and his father was a Jew from the Russian shtetl who had been born with the name of Cohen citation and who ran a small business. Source: Internet
Nimoy, who had performed in the Yiddish theater as a young man, said the part was like a "homecoming" for him, explaining that his parents, like Tevya, also came from a shtetl in Russia and could relate to the play when they saw him in it. Source: Internet
They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). Source: Internet
There is no shtetl in our past, but our subjugation and freedom are essential pieces of the American story, just as slavery and freedom are part of the oldest Jewish stories. Source: Internet