Renewal: Reconnecting Soviet Jewry to the Soviet People

A Decade of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) Activities in the Former Soviet Union 1988-1998

AvAnita Weiner

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Seven decades of severe Soviet cultural-religious suppression and two world wars had isolated and demolished the once flourishing Jewish communities behind the Iron Curtain. When the era of Glasnost and Perestroika presented an opportunity for world Jewry to reestablish its lost ties with the three of four million Jews still living throughout the former Soviet Republics, it was unknown whether there was any hope for some kind of Jewish community renewal. The story of how the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a voluntary, humanitarian organization supported by American Jewry, made its entry into the isolated, poverty-stricken world, is a dramatic one. Beginning with only a few highly motivated and experienced workers, contact was made through music, literature, food packages, and religious holiday celebrations. Local Jewish leadership emerged and was encouraged. Plans for community development through social, religious, educational and welfare services were made and implemented. With the guidance of AJJDC and its dedicated community workers came rehabilitation and renewal.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-04-08
Mått:151 x 231 x 33 mm
Vikt:667 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Judaism
Antal sidor:486
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780761824763

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Anita Weiner is Retired; Former faculty member, Haifa University School of Social Work.

Recensioner i media

?Weiner has written a thorough study that will enrich anyone interested in Jewish community development and life in the former Soviet Union.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 Reconnection to Jewish Culture and Learning: Introduction: The JDC Jewish Library Project; Background: Jewish Education and Culture during the Soviet Era; JDC's Official Re-entry and the Formulation of JDC Strategy in Education and Culture in the SoChapter 3 Jewish Education Reborn: Introduction; Education: Jewish Education Reborn; Educational Materials: Textbooks, Teacher's Workbooks, Videos, Posters and Environmental Learning Materials; JDC and Early Childhood Education; JDC Activities with Jewish TeaChapter 4 JDC Relief and Welfare Activities in the FSU: Introduction; Background; Stage One: The First Officially Recognized JDC Humanitarian Aid Activities; Stage Two: Several Intensive Emergency Relief Efforts after the Collapse of the Soviet Union; Stage TChapter 5 Jewish Religious Renewal and JDC Activities in the FSU: Introduction; Background; JDC's Role in the Distribution of Religious Articles; JDC's Contribution to the Role of Rabbis and Religious Functionaries; Reconnection with the Jewish Calendar and tChapter 6 JDC's Role in Facilitating Jewish Community Renewal and Development in the FSU: Introduction; Background; The First Phase- JDC's Early Steps Towards Recreating a Sense of Community; The Second Phase: Reassessing Community Development Objectives and Chapter 7 JDC and Jewish Property Reclamation as an Instrument of Community Organization in the Former Soviet Union: Introduction; Background; JDC Guidelines on Communal Property; Stage One: Archival Research; Stage Two: Community Education; Stage Three: ProvChapter 8 Appendix A: AJJDC Board Members- Soviet Union Area Committee, 1989-1999Chapter 9 Appendix B: AJJDC Soviet Union Team (SUT) Staff Members 1988-1998Chapter 10 Index