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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, periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials, Dreams of Nationhood traces the ideological and material support provided to the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, located in the far east of the Soviet Union, by two American Jewish Communist-led organizations, the ICOR and the American Birobidzhan Committee. By providing a detailed historical examination of the political work of these two groups, the book makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century Jewish life in the United States.
Price: $129.00
Pages: 312
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Series: Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
Publication Date:
01 August 2010
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781936235117
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
“Henry Srebrnik began his research of the place of Birobidzhan in the ideological space of American Jews over a decade ago. I believe I have read the majority of his publications on this fascinating and little-known topic, and this new book, Dreams of Nationhood, is the best among them.”
— Gennady Estraikh, New York University, author of In Harness: Yiddish Writers' Romance with Communism
— Gennady Estraikh, New York University, author of In Harness: Yiddish Writers' Romance with Communism
Henry Srebrnik (PhD, University of Birmingham, England) is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. His most recent books include Jerusalem on the Amur: Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951 (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008) and London Jews and British Communism, 1935-1945 (London: Vallentine Mitchell, 1995) He also served on the editorial team for De Facto States: The Quest For Sovereignty (London: Routledge, 2004) with Tozun Bahcheli and Barry Bartmann.
Abbreviations. List of Illustrations. 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. Appendix: Paul Novick's 1936 Visit to the Jewish Autonomous Region. Appendix: George Koval. Selected Bibliography. Index.