04389nam 2200997 450 991082763820332120220310133722.00-520-94225-610.1525/9780520942257(CKB)3710000000129931(EBL)1826809(SSID)ssj0001234992(PQKBManifestationID)12473562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001234992(PQKBWorkID)11222685(PQKB)10925412(MiAaPQ)EBC1826809(DE-B1597)518691(OCoLC)1100830262(DE-B1597)9780520942257(Au-PeEL)EBL1826809(CaPaEBR)ebr10882873(CaONFJC)MIL617977(OCoLC)894227564(dli)HEB33867(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001101(EXLCZ)99371000000012993120080129h20082008 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShush! growing up Jewish under Stalin : a memoir /Emil DraitserBerkeley :University of California Press,[2008]©20081 online resource (337 p.)The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-25446-5 9780520254466 9780520942257 How I failed my motherland -- Fathers at war -- Path to paradise -- What's in a name! -- Black shawl -- Us against them -- I don't want to have relatives! -- Friends and enemies -- The girl of my dreams -- How they laugh in Odessa -- Papa and the Soviets -- A dependent -- Without declarations -- Who's who -- A strange orange -- Who are you? -- One Passover in Odessa -- On commissars, cosmopolites, and lightbulb inventors -- Them! -- No kith, no kin -- Grandpa Uri -- Missing Mikhoels -- Black on white -- Time like glass -- The death of Stalin.Many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine, Emil Draitser made a startling discovery: every time he uttered the word "Jewish"-even in casual conversation-he lowered his voice. This behavior was a natural by-product, he realized, of growing up in the anti-Semitic, post-Holocaust Soviet Union, when "Shush!" was the most frequent word he heard: "Don't use your Jewish name in public. Don't speak a word of Yiddish. And don't cry over your murdered relatives." This compelling memoir conveys the reader back to Draitser's childhood and provides a unique account of midtwentieth-century life in Russia as the young Draitser struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. Lively, evocative, and rich with humor, this unforgettable story ends with the death of Stalin and, through life stories of the author's ancestors, presents a sweeping panorama of two centuries of Jewish history in Russia.S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.Growing up Jewish under Stalin :a memoirJewsUkraineOdesaBiographyOdesa (Ukraine)Biography20th century russian culture.20th century russian society.american immigrant.anti semitism.autobiography.communism.communist party of ukraine.emotional.family.humor.humorous.jewish family.jewish history in russia.jewish immigrant.judaism.memoir.odessa.post holocaust soviet union.retrospective.soviet society.soviet ukraine.soviet union.stalin.ukraine.ukrainian soviet socialist republic.united states of america.working class.Jews305.892/404772092BDraitser Emil1937-1626124MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827638203321Shush3961979UNINA