Dreams of nationhood American Jewish communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan project, 1924-1951
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,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
Academic Studies Press
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Jewish identities in post modern society
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: American Jews, communism, the ICOR and Birobidzhan
- The formation of Ambijan
- The people's delegation and the popular front, 1935-1939
- Wartime aid to the Soviet Union: the ICOR
- Wartime aid to the Soviet Union: Ambijan
- The postwar orphans' campaign and the Ambijan-ICOR merger
- The glory years, 1946-1948
- Ambijan and the creation of israel
- The gathering storm: McCarthyism, cold war, and decline
- Islands of resistance, 1949-1950
- Conclusion: from hope to hoax
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index