Dreams of Nationhood

American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project, 1924-1951

AvHenry Felix Srebrnik

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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The American Jewish Communist movement played a major role in the politics of Jewish communities in cities such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, as well as in many other centers, between the 1920s and the 1950s. Making extensive use of Yiddish-language books, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials, Dreams of Nationhood traces the ideological and material support provided to the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, located in the far east of the Soviet Union, by two American Jewish Communist-led organizations, the ICOR and the American Birobidzhan Committee. By providing a detailed historical examination of the political work of these two groups, the book makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century Jewish life in the United States.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-14
Mått:155 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:477 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Academic Studies Press
ISBN:9781618118172

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Henry Srebrnik (PhD, University of Birmingham, England) is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His most recent books include Jerusalem on the Amur: Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008) and London Jews and British Communism, 1935-1945 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1995) He also served on the editorial team for De Facto States: The Quest For Sovereignty (London: Routledge, 2004) with Tozun Bahcheli and Barry Bartmann.

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“Henry Srebrnik began his research of the place of Birobidzhan in the ideological space of American Jews over a decade ago. I believe I have read the majority of his publications on this fascinating and little-known topic, and this new book, Dreams of Nationhood, is the best among them.”

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AbbreviationsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: American Jews, Communism, the ICOR and BirobidzhanThe Formation of AmbijanThe ""People's Delegation"" and the Popular Front, 1935-1939Wartime Aid to the Soviet Union: the ICORWartime Aid to the Soviet Union: Ambijanthe Postwar Orphans' Campaign and the Ambijan-ICOR MergerThe Glory Years, 1946-1948Ambijan and the Creation of IsraelThe Gathering Storm: McCarthyism, Cold War, and DeclineIslands of Resistance, 1949-1950Conclusion: From Hope to HoaxAppendix: Paul Novick's 1936 Visit to the Jewish Autonomous RegionAppendix: George KovalSelected BibliographyIndex

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