Bundist Counterculture in Interwar Poland

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171 Index abortion, 22, 23, 117n. 67 Abramowicz, Yulia, 83 Abramson, Sh., 133n. 6 Agranov, Yankl Moyshe, 32 Agudes Yisroel: city council elections (1936), 3; kehiles elections (1936), 3, 107n. 11; parliamentary elections (1919) and, 106n. 4; sanatorium and, 80; sports clubs and, 49 Aizenshtat, Isai, 86 aliya, 5, 59, 153 Alter, Victor, 75, 88, 140n. 95 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee , 63, 77, 139–40n. 84 Amsterdam, Avrom Meyer, 86 Amsterdam, Liza Grinblat, 86 anarchist children’s movements, 34 anticlericalism, 42 anti-Semitism: electoral victories and, 100; Henryk Erlich on, 150n. 103; Medem Sanatorium and, 77; Sotsialistisher kinder farband and, 46; sports movements and, 58, 130n. 59; trade unions and, 152n. 18; Tsukunft Storm and, 19–20; university students and, 96, 150n. 97, 150n. 103 Antman, Rifke, 88 apprentices, 30, 31, 32 Arbeiterbund für Sport und Körperkultur in Oesterriech, 127–28n. 27 Arbeter-gezelshaft far fi zisher dertsiung “morgnshtern” in poyln. See Morgnshtern Arbeter-gezelshaft far fi zisher dertsiung “shtern.” See Shtern Arbeter-tsaytung (Left Poalei Zion), 54–55, 58, 130n. 53 Arkadi Group, 15, 114n. 31, 114n. 32 asceticism, revolutionary, 86 Asch, Sholem, 75 assimilation, 94, 95, 148n. 90 Austria, 41, 127–28n. 27 autobiographies, youth, 26–27 Aykhner, Roza, 141n. 107 Aynshtayn, Tsipore, 149n. 93 Ayzenshtat, B., 133n. 6 Baranowicze (Poland), 40 Bar Kochba, 51–52, 55 basketball, 55 Batkhan, Ruta. See Berman, Ruta Batkhan Belgium youth organizations, 18 Belitski, Liuba, 149n. 93 Berkovitsh Circle, 15 Italic page number denotes illustration. 172 | Index Berman, Leybetshke, 145n. 58 Berman, Ruta Batkhan (Mina): activities of, 84, 90; Doyres bundistn on, 144n. 33; marriage of, 145n. 58; on women, 94; World War II era and, 148–49n. 93 Bernshtayn, Matvey, 15 Beys Yankef schools, 80, 137n. 47 Bialystok (Poland): children’s movements in, 34; city council elections (1938–39), 4; kehiles elections (1937), 3; parliamentary elections (1922), 2; Sanatorium Home, 75; women Bundists in, 84; women City Council members, 88; Yidisher arbeter froy branch, 92, 146–47n. 76; Youth Bund Tsukunft survey in, 11 Big, Asie, 149n. 93 bilingual schools, 137n. 47 birth control, 92 Blatman, Daniel: on electoral victories, 5–6; on founding YAF, 145n. 50; on Warsaw YAF members, 147n. 82; on women Bund members, 143–44n. 33, 145n. 45; on women leaders, 148n. 86 Blit, Lucjan, 19–20, 117n. 55, 129n. 46 Blond, Dina: Doyres bundistn listing, 144n. 33; on early women Bund members, 87; post–World War II life of, 145n. 53; “Where Are the Women?”, 94; YAF and party activities, 89 Blones, Gute, 149n. 93 Bloody Sunday, 31 Blum, Luba, 146n. 62 Bobruisk (Russian Empire), 31 Bolshevik Revolution, 86, 105n. 1 Bolsheviks, 36 Borislav (Poland), 15–16 Borochov, Ber, 127n. 23 boxing, 51, 53–54, 56, 127n. 24, 128n. 31, 131n. 64 boycotts, 107n. 8 Boy-Zelenski, Tadeusz, 23, 117n. 67 Brandes, L., 150n. 101 Brisk, 58 Broniewski, Władysław, 70 Broyde-Heler, Ana, 66, 133n. 6, 133n. 10, 135n. 24, 141n. 107 Brumberg, Yoysef, 65–66, 133n. 10 Bub und Maedel (Hodann), 22 Bund, the: Central Committee (World War I), 86; Central Committee (World War II), 141n. 107, 148n. 93; Central Committee members (1898), 83; Central Committee women members, 86, 88; children’s organization of (see Sotsialistisher kinder farband); on children’s organizations, 38; Comintern and, 9; constellation of organizations , 1, 98; counterculture of, 6–7, 82, 97, 101, 109n. 30, 116–17n. 53; Eighth Conference (1910), 85; on the election boycott (1919), 2; electoral victories of, 5–7, 99–100, 101 (see also elections); Fifth Congress (1903), 84; founding of, 83, 142n. 5; growth of, 98–99; influence of, 1, 98–99; Kleyner bund and, 30–33; Labour and Socialist International and, 5, 10, 42, 111–12n. 9; legal status of, 87, 94; libraries of, 19, 116–17n. 53; Medem Sanatorium and, 67, 140n. 95; Shloyme Mendelson and, 64; Morgnshtern and, 50, 60–61, 125–26n. 13, 132n. 81; 1920 split of, 86; Ninth Conference (1912), 85; Otvosk summer colony and, 133n. 6; Polish Socialist Party and, 57; Polish-Soviet War (1920–21) and, 144n. 38; post–Revolution of 1905 decline of, 35, 119–20n. 25; Social Democratic Party of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and, 8–9; Sotsialistisher kinder farband and, 38, 40–42, 47, 121n. 41; success of, 101; Tenth Conference (1917), 86; tuberculosis sanatorium of (see Medem Sanatorium); underground operation of, 148–49n. 93; Index | 173 university students organization, 96–97, 115n. 45, 149...