Dreams of nationhood : American Jewish communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan project, 1924-1951

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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Main Author: Srebrnik, Henry Felix
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010
Series:Jewish identities in post modern society.
Subjects:
Icor.
Jews > United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Jewish communists > United States > History > 20th century.
Communism > United States > History > 20th century.
Birobidzhan (Russia) > History.
Evreĭskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) > History.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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.

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