east european jews, n.Definitions

East european jews (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠poor men who sat like intellectual magnates, able to feel heaven in a page of Talmud.