LEADER 04599nam 22005175 450 001 996602571803316 005 20230331201935.0 010 $a1-4798-1949-2 010 $a9781479819492$b(ebook) 010 $a9781479819485$b(consumer ebook) 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9781479819492.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)5580000000412838 035 $a(DE-B1597)626853 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479819492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30186559 035 $a(OCoLC)1353269832 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000412838 100 $a20221201h20222022 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJews in the Soviet Union $ea history$hVolume 5$iAfter Stalin, 1953-1967 /$fGennady Estraikh 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations, map 311 08$a1-4798-1946-8 311 08$a9781479819461 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tForeword to Jews in the Soviet Union: A History --$tEditor?s Note --$tINTRODUCTION --$t1 THE THAW --$t2 REHABILITATION --$t3 BIROBIDZHAN --$t4 THE ?KHRUSHCHEV ALIYAH? --$t5 JEWS IN SOVIET SOCIETY --$t6 A STIFLED TRADITION --$t7 THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE --$t8 SOVIET HOMELAND --$t9 MEMORY OF WAR --$t10 ?BABI YAR? --$t11 FIGHTING ZIONISM --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aOffers an analysis of Soviet Jewish society after the death of Joseph StalinAt the beginning of the twentieth century, more Jews lived in the Russian Empire than anywhere else in the world. After the Holocaust, the USSR remained one of the world?s three key centers of Jewish population, along with the United States and Israel. While a great deal is known about the history and experiences of the Jewish people in the US and in Israel in the twentieth century, much less is known about the experiences of Soviet Jews. Understanding the history of Jewish communities under Soviet rule is essential to comprehending the dynamics of Jewish history in the modern world. Only a small number of scholars and the last generation of Soviet Jews who lived during this period hold a deep knowledge of this history. Jews in the Soviet Union, a new multi-volume history, is an unprecedented undertaking. Publishing over the next few years, this groundbreaking work draws on rare access to documents from the Soviet archives, allowing for the presentation of a sweeping history of Jewish life in the Soviet Union from 1917 through the early 1990s.Volume 5 offers a history of Soviet Jewry from the demise of the brutal dictator Joseph Stalin to the military confrontation between Israel and Arab states in 1967 known as the Six-Day War. Both historic events deeply affected Soviet Jews, who numbered over two million in the wake of the Holocaust and still formed at that point the second-largest Jewish population in the world. Stalin?s death led to the release of political prisoners and the reduction of the level of fear in society. The economy was growing and conditions of life were improving. At the same time, the state had doubts about the loyalty of the Jewish population and imposed limitations on their educational and career prospects. The relatively liberal period associated with Nikita Khrushchev?s ?thaw? after the Stalinist bitter frost became a prelude to the years when contemplation about, or practical steps toward, emigration to Israel or elsewhere began to play an increasing role in the lives of Soviet Jews. In this pioneering analysis of the ?thaw? years in Soviet Jewish history, Gennady Estraikh focuses both on the factors driving emigration and dissent, and on those Jews who were able to attain a high standard of living, and to rise to esteemed positions in managerial, academic, bohemian, and other segments of the Soviet elite. 606 $aJews$zSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aHISTORY / Jewish$2bisacsh 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 615 7$aHISTORY / Jewish. 676 $a947/.004924 700 $aEstraikh$b Gennady$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01735754 702 $aEngel$b David$4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 702 $aEstraikh$b Gennady$4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996602571803316 996 $aJews in the Soviet Union$94155139 997 $aUNISA