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The History of Birobidzhan - Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia

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Zusatztext The Russian Shorts series by Bloomsbury Academic has been enriched with another title. To the list of such comprehensive works as a brief but extremely fact rich history of Birobidzhan, or the Jewish Autonomous Region within the Russian Federation has been added… Gennady Estraikh’s History of Birobidzhan presents a rich collection of diverse facts from various sources (some of which are rather hard to access), often capable of surprising even seasoned experts in the history of Soviet Jewry in general and Birobidzhan in particular, and pointing to new directions for potential research. Informationen zum Autor Gennady Estraikh is Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, USA where he directs the Eugene Shvidler Project of Comprehensive History of Jews in the Soviet Union. In 1988-91, he worked in Moscow as Managing Editor of the Yiddish literary monthly Sovetish Heymland . In 1991-2002, he lived in Oxford, where he received his doctoral degree and worked at the Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies, UK. In 2000-2010 he co-edited the East European Jewish Affairs journal. He has written and edited several books and is a recipient of the American National Jewish Book Award for his co-authored work, 1929: Mapping the Jewish World (2013). Klappentext Gennady Estraikh's book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the 'Jewish question', arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the Soviet world. Estraikh brings together a broad range of Russian and Yiddish sources, including archival materials, newspaper articles, travelogues, memoirs, belles-letters, and scholarly publications, as he describes and analyses the project and its realization not in isolation, but rather in the context of developments in both domestic and international life. As well as offering an assessment of the Birobidzhan project in the contexts of Soviet and Jewish history, the book also focuses on the contemporary 'Jewish' role of the region which now has only a few thousand Jewish occupants amongst its residents. Vorwort An examination of the Birobidzhan project from its inception to the present day. Zusammenfassung Gennady Estraikh’s book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the ‘Jewish question’, arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the Soviet world. Estraikh brings together a broad range of Russian and Yiddish sources, including archival materials, newspaper articles, travelogues, memoirs, belles-letters, and scholarly publications, as he describes and analyses the project and its realization not in isolation, but rather in the context of developments in both domestic and international life. As well as offering an assessment of the Birobidzhan project in the contexts of Soviet and Jewish history, the book also focuses on the contemporary ‘Jewish’ role of the region which now has only a few thousand Jewish occupants amongst its residents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Infrastructure of Jewish Life 1. The Spectre of a Jewish Republic 2. Growing Pains 3. The Repression 4. The 1940s: New Hope 5. An Almost-Lost World of Jewish Life 6. A Propaganda Facade 7. Afterlife Bibliography Index ...

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Authors Gennady Estraikh, Estraikh Gennady
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.02.2023
 
EAN 9781350296244
ISBN 978-1-350-29624-4
No. of pages 152
Dimensions 128 mm x 196 mm x 12 mm
Series Russian Shorts
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

Russia, European History, HISTORY / Modern / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups, HISTORY / Russia / General

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