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A Cold War Exodus : How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelner, Shaul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "From twinning bar and bat mitzvahs to smuggling blue jeans across the Iron Curtain, A Cold War exodus analyzes how Cold War-era social movement activists invented the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews-and reshaped Jewish American culture in the process"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction: Let Them Live as Jews or Let Them Leave
- 1 Illuminate the Past and Present
- 2 This Is the Matzoh of Hope
- 3 How to Find and Meet Russian Jews
- 4 From Russia, with Angst
- 5 We've Said No to PepsiCo
- 6 Natasha's Dream
- 7 My Soviet Twin
- Conclusion: Voices of the Vigil
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Soviet Jewish Emigration Statistics
- Notes
- List of Interviews
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781479872800
- OCLC:
- 1424747911
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