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1929: Mapping the Jewish World
Contributor(s): Diner, Hasia R. (Editor), Estraikh, Gennady (Editor)

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ISBN: 0814720218     ISBN-13: 9780814720219
Publisher: New York University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Jewish - General
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Religion | Judaism - Rituals & Practice
Dewey: 296.09
LCCN: 2013006920
Series: Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.08" W x 8.98" L (0.86 lbs) 255 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Winner of the 2013 National Jewish Book Award, Anthologies and Collections

The year 1929 represents a major turning point in interwar Jewish society, proving to be a year when Jews, regardless of where they lived, saw themselves affected by developments that took place around the world, as the crises endured by other Jews became part of the transnational Jewish consciousness. In the United States, the stock market crash brought lasting economic, social, and ideological changes to the Jewish community and limited its ability to support humanitarian and nationalist projects in other countries. In Palestine, the anti-Jewish riots in Hebron and other towns underscored the vulnerability of the Zionist enterprise and ignited heated discussions among various Jewish political groups about the wisdom of establishing a Jewish state on its historical site. At the same time, in the Soviet Union, the consolidation of power in the hands of Stalin created a much more dogmatic climate in the international Communist movement, including its Jewish branches.

Featuring a sparkling array of scholars of Jewish history, 1929 surveys the Jewish world in one year offering clear examples of the transnational connections which linked Jews to each other--from politics, diplomacy, and philanthropy to literature, culture, and the fate of Yiddish--regardless of where they lived. Taken together, the essays in 1929 argue that, whether American, Soviet, German, Polish, or Palestinian, Jews throughout the world lived in a global context.


Contributor Bio(s): Diner, Hasia R.: -

Hasia Diner is Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. She is the author of the award-winning We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence after the Holocaust, 1945-1962 (NYU Press, 2009).

Estraikh, Gennady: - Gennady Estraikh is Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University.
 
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