03831nam 22005775 450 991046506120332120210429015733.01-61811-382-810.1515/9781618113825(CKB)3710000000222066(EBL)3110562(SSID)ssj0001377817(PQKBManifestationID)11790219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001377817(PQKBWorkID)11329047(PQKB)11617175(OCoLC)889469093(MiAaPQ)EBC3110562(DE-B1597)541002(OCoLC)1135578560(DE-B1597)9781618113825(EXLCZ)99371000000022206620191221d2014 fg 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrStepmother Russia, Foster Mother America Identity Transitions in the New Odessa Jewish Commune, 1881-1891 & Recollections of a Communist /Theodore H. Friedgut, Israel MandelkernBoston, MA :Academic Studies Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (215 p.)Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61811-381-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Dedication --Acknowledgements --List of Photographs --Chapter 1: Introduction --Chapter 2: The Beginnings of Am Olam --Chapter 3: The Birth of New Odessa --Chapter 4: First Stop, New York --Chapter 5: Beginnings in Oregon --Chapter 6: William Frey: Background and Beliefs --Chapter 7: Building New Odessa --Chapter 8: The Culture of New Odessa --Chapter 9: Fruition and Decline --Chapter 10: After New Odessa --Chapter 11: New Odessa: A Balance Sheet --Bibliography --Supplement: "Recollections of a Communist" --CONTENTS --Introduction /Friedgut, Theodore H. --Chapter I: A Cheder Teacher in Odessa --Chapter II: Call of the Birthplace --Chapter III: A School in Dubno --Chapter IV: In the Movement --Chapter V: Exodus --Chapter VI: In the Promised Land --Chapter VII: Communism Gained --Chapter VIII: Communism Lost --IndexIn the late nineteenth century, a group of radical Jewish youths from Odessa attempted to create an agricultural commune on the Oregon frontier, and in so doing developed from assimilated revolutionaries to American Jews. Theodore Friedgut relates the story of these youths and their creation, with special notice paid to the human encounters within the commune, the members' encounters with America in acquiring land and equipment-and, importantly, their encounters with their neighbors, themselves immigrant farmers on the American frontier. Among the volume's central sources is the memoir of Israel Mandelkern, which is here published for the first time. This study addresses hitherto neglected aspects of Jewish life in Russia and of the life of one of the more than a hundred Jewish agricultural colonies, and helps us understand the factors that influenced the young colony members in their transition toward becoming Americans. This is a microcosm of the experience of multitudes of immigrants.Borderlines (Boston, Mass.)JewsOregonHistoryElectronic books.JewsHistory.979.5Friedgut Theodore H.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.1037199Mandelkern Israelauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910465061203321Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America2458005UNINA