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Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings History Congresses |
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Material Type: | Conference publication |
Document Type: | Book |
ISBN: | 9781421405643 1421405644 |
OCLC Number: | 759050077 |
Description: | xv, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | From disaffection to political opportunity and activism / Yaacov Ro'i -- The surfacing of the Jewish movement / Yaacov Ro'i -- Strategy and tactics / Yaacov Ro'i -- The achievements of the Jewish movement / Yaacov Ro'i -- The impact of the Holocaust and the state of Israel on Soviet Jewish identity / Irena Cantorovich and Nati Cantorovich -- Born under the same star : refuseniks, dissidents, and late socialist society / Juliane Fürst -- Behind the scenes : the attitude of the regime and society toward Jewish emigration / Edith Rogovin Frankel -- Human rights and national rights : the interaction of the Jewish movement with other dissident groups / Yaacov Ro'i and Joshua Rubenstein -- Voices from the inside : Jewish activists' memoirs, 1967-1989 / Stefani Hoffman -- The Zionist family / Theodore H. Friedgut -- Jewish samizdat : dissident texts and the dynamics of the Jewish revival in the Soviet Union / Ann Komaromi -- Judaism and the Jewish movement / Simeon Charny -- The teaching and study of Hebrew / Ari Volvosky -- How the movement was funded / Michael Beizer -- Friends abroad : how the western campaign for Soviet Jews influenced activists in the Soviet Union / Sarah Fainberg -- The United States in the movement's triumph / George P. Shultz. |
Responsibility: | edited by Yaacov Ro'i ; with an epilogue by George P. Shultz. |
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This book is a thoroughly researched, annotated, and well-composed study that portrays the unfolding Jewish drama in the former USSR with acuity and insight. It is an important addition to the existing scholarship on those fateful years. -- Aryeh Levin * Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs * This meticulously edited work is richly rewarding reading. -- Zvi Gitelmann * Slavic Review * With its focus on the Jewish movement, this book is an important addition to the literature on Soviet Jewry... this book is a must-read. -- Suzanne D. Rutland * Journal of Church and State * Read more...
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- Jews -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
- Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
- Jews -- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Congresses.
- Refuseniks -- Congresses.
- Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Congresses.
- Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses.
- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
- Ethnic relations.
- Jews.
- Jews -- Persecutions.
- Jews -- Politics and government.
- Jews -- Social conditions.
- Refuseniks.
- Soviet Union.
- Juden
- Auswanderung
- Politische Betätigung
- Nationalbewegung
- Zionismus
- Sowjetunion