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The mass migration of East European Jews and their resettlement in cities throughout Europe, the United States, Argentina, the Middle East and Australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries not only transformed the demographic and cultural centers of world Jewry, it also reshaped Jews' understanding and performance of their diasporic identities. Rebecca Kobrin's study of the dispersal of Jews from one city in Poland-Bialystok?demonstrates how the act of migration set in motion a wide range of transformations that led the migrants to imagine themselves as exiles not only from the mythic Land of Israel but most immediately from their east European homeland. Kobrin explores the organizations, institutions, newspapers, and philanthropies that the Bialystokers created around the world and that reshaped their perceptions of exile and diaspora.
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Массовая миграция восточноевропейских евреев и их расселение в городах Европы, Соединенных Штатов, Аргентины, Ближнего Востока и Австралии в конце XIX и начале XX века не только трансформировали демографические и культурные центры мирового еврейства, но также изменили понимание и евреями своей диаспоральной идентичности. Исслед&#
About the author
Rebecca Kobrin is the Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University where she is also the co-director of Columbia's Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. In addition to her book
Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora: (Indiana University Press, 2010) which awarded the Jordan Schnitzer prize for best book in modern Jewish history (2012). She is also the editor of
Chosen Capital: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism (Rutgers University Press, 2012),
Salo Baron: Using the Past to Shape the Future of Jewish Studies in America (Columbia University Press, 2022) and is co-editor with Adam Teller of
Purchasing Power: The Economics of Jewish History (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015).
