The History of Birobidzhan: Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia by Prof

Description: The History of Birobidzhan by Professor Gennady Estraikh, Gennady Estraikh Gennady Estraikhs 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography 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). Table of Contents Introduction: The Infrastructure of Jewish Life1. The Spectre of a Jewish Republic2. Growing Pains3. The Repression4. The 1940s: New Hope5. An Almost-Lost World of Jewish Life6. A Propaganda Facade7. AfterlifeBibliographyIndex Review 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 Estraikhs 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. * The Russian Review * Promotional An examination of the Birobidzhan project from its inception to the present day. Review Quote In this concise and rigorously-documented study, Estraikh superbly analyses the local, Soviet and international intricacies of the JAR as a national project and fa Promotional "Headline" An examination of the Birobidzhan project from its inception to the present day. Feature First book to look at the full history of the Birobidzhan project from the beginning through to recent times Details ISBN1350296236 Short Title The History of Birobidzhan Series Russian Shorts Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1350296236 ISBN-13 9781350296237 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-02-23 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-02-23 UK Release Date 2023-02-23 Illustrations 5 bw illus Author Gennady Estraikh Pages 152 DEWEY 957.7084 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2023-04-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158522363;

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