Dreams of nationhood : American Jewish communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan project, 1924-1951 / Henry Felix Srebrnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Srebrnik, Henry Felix.

Contributor:

National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program, Funder.

Series:

Jewish identities in post modern society.

Jewish identities in post modern society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Icor.

Jews--United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Jews.

Jewish communists--United States--History--20th century.

Jewish communists.

Communism--United States--History--20th century.

Communism.

Birobidzhan (Russia)--History.

Birobidzhan (Russia).

Evreĭskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)--History.

Evreĭskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 289 p. ) ill.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010.

Academic Studies Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1920's and the 1950's. 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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index.

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ISBN:

9781618116871

1618116878

9781618110114

161811011X

OCLC:

1135597571

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access