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- Religion and Jewish Identity in the Soviet Union, 1941–1964
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
summary
This illuminating study explores the role of religious institutions in the makeup of Jewish identity in the former Soviet Union, against the backdrop of the government’s antireligion policies from the 1940s to the 1960s. Foregrounding instances of Jewish public and private activities centered on synagogues and prayer groups—paradoxically the only Jewish institutions sanctioned by the government—Altshuler dispels the commonly held perception of Soviet Jewry as “The Jews of Silence” and reveals the earliest stirrings of Jewish national sentiment that anticipated the liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. v-vi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- Part One | From Religious Leniency to a Campaign of Oppression
- 7 | Khrushchev’s “Thaw,” 1954 – 1959
- pp. 90-101
- 8 | The Public Campaign against Religion
- pp. 102-116
- Part Two | Between the Private and the Public Spheres
- 10 | Cantors for Hire
- pp. 133-139
- 11 | Financing Religious Activities
- pp. 140-151
- 15 | Charity and the Jewish Needy
- pp. 192-197
- 16 | Ritual Baths and Circumcision
- pp. 198-204
- Conclusion
- pp. 252-258
- Bibliography
- pp. 301-314
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611682731
Related ISBN(s)
9781611682717, 9781611682724
MARC Record
OCLC
794930190
Pages
324
Launched on MUSE
2012-07-10
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012