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Becoming post-Communist : Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe

Title
Becoming post-Communist : Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe / edited by Eli Lederhendler.
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

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Additional Authors
Lederhendler, Eli
Description
xii, 292 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"Across the landscape that until 1939 housed most of the world's Jewish population, the closing decade of the 20th century witnessed dramatic upheavals: the overturning of the East European communist governments and the fall of the USSR, accompanied by a major Jewish emigration movement. The legacy of the Jewish presence in those countries, as viewed from today's vantage point, and the ways in which it became enmeshed in the quest by people of the region-Jews and non-Jews alike-to secure their prospects for the future, highlighted fundamental issues about the nature and quality of the politics of memory, national identity, and the continuity and relative stability of regimes in the region. If those questions were important even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, understanding their implications now seems even more crucial. In a field fraught with conflicting narratives, the challenges of social and political reconstruction are primary concerns for peoples and governments. The experts contributing to this volume apply interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and interpret a multiplicity of post-communist social realities and aid our understanding of recent events"--
Series Statement
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; XXXIII
Uniform Title
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 33.
Subject
  • 2000-2099
  • Antisemitism > Europe, Central > History > 21st century
  • Antisemitism > Europe, Eastern > History > 21st century
  • Post-communism > Europe, Central > 21st century
  • Post-communism > Europe, Eastern > 21st century
  • Jews > Migrations > History > 21st century
  • Antisemitism
  • Jews > Migrations
  • Politics and government
  • Post-communism
  • Jews
  • Europe, Central > Politics and government > 21st century
  • Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 21st century
  • Central Europe
  • Eastern Europe
  • Former communist countries
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Informational works.
Note
  • "2022."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Becoming post-communist: Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe -- Introduction: Jews, communism, and post-communism: short- and long-term aftereffects / Eli Lederhendler -- Historical memory and antisemitism in post-communist East Central Europe / Jelena Subotic -- The politics of Holocaust memory in Central and Eastern Europe: contemporary Poland as a comparative case study / Jonathan Zisook -- Jewish revival in post-communist Hungary: expectations and reality / András Kovács -- Prospects for Jewish studies in Poland: an update for a new decade / Marcin Wodziński -- Jewish cultural heritage in the USSR and after its collapse / Vladimir Levin -- Russian Jewry in the post-Soviet era: socio-demographic transformation / Mark Tolts -- Becoming Jews: the Petersburg Jewish University in the 1990s / Semion Goldin -- Essay -- Bridging the Divide: philanthropy as an intersection point in Belgian Jewish society during the interwar period / Janiv Stamberger -- Review Essay -- Antisemitism in context: three recent volumes / Shulamit Volkov -- Book reviews (arranged by subject) -- Antisemitism, Holocaust, and genocide -- Cultural studies, literature, and religion -- History, biography, social and gender studies -- Zionism, Israel and the Middle East.
Call Number
JFE 23-3345
ISBN
  • 9780197687215
  • 0197687210
  • 9780197687239 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780197687222 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9780197687246 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022053504
OCLC
1350527644
Title
Becoming post-Communist : Jews and the new political cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe / edited by Eli Lederhendler.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; XXXIII
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 33.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
Added Author
Lederhendler, Eli, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Lederhendler, Eli. Becoming post-Communist New York, NY, , United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2023 9780197687239 (DLC) 2022053505
Research Call Number
JFE 23-3345
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