Jewish life in Belarus : the final decade of the Stalin regime, 1944-53 /

Jewish life in Belarus after World War II was an inaccessible subject - officially regarded as being completely non-existent - and in the ideological atmosphere of the time research into the subject was impossible. Jewish community life had been wiped out by the Nazis, and its unreasonable attempt t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smilovit͡skiĭ, Leonid, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest-New York : Central European University Press, [2014]
Colección:Publications of the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center ; book 188
Temas:
1900-1999
Jews > Belarus > History > 20th century.
Juifs > Biélorussie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Politics and government
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953.
Belarus > Ethnic relations.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1936-1953.
Belarus.
Soviet Union.
Belarus, Ethnic relations, History, Jewish studies, Jews, Political studies, Religion, Soviet Union.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Belarusian Jewry Prior to the Revolution and Until World War II
  • 1 The Demography of the Jews of Belarus
  • The Resettlement of Jewish Survivors
  • Profiles of Jewish Congregations
  • 2 Soviet Policy Toward the Practice of Judaism in the Postwar Period
  • Soviet Policy Toward Religion at the End of the War and the Creation of the CARC
  • CARC Activity in Belarus
  • 3 The Decline of the Synagogue
  • Synagogues in the USSR in the Postwar Period
  • The Destruction and the Re-allocation of Belarusian Synagogues
  • The Registration Procedure for Synagogues
  • The Financial Difficulties in Maintaining Jewish Communities
  • 4 Religious Life
  • The Sabbath, the Jewish Holidays, and the Problem of Matzot for Passover
  • The Shtiebel, the Mikveh, and the Cemetery
  • Kashrut, Circumcision, Jewish Weddings, and the Giving of Charity
  • Religious Officiants
  • 5 In the Aftermath of the Holocaust
  • Commemoration
  • Burial Sites and Monuments
  • 6 Cultural Life
  • Jewish Literature
  • The Yiddish Theater in Minsk
  • The Yiddish Language
  • 7 Jews in the Reconstruction of the Economy and Cultural Life
  • In Administration, the Economy, and Science
  • In Secondary and Higher Education
  • 8 International Contacts
  • Ties with Abroad
  • Belarusian Jewry and the Establishment of the Stateof Israel
  • 9 The Policy of State Anti-Semitism
  • State Action Against Judaism and Jewish Culture
  • State Action Against Individual Jews
  • Rehabilitation
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Documents
  • Appendix 2: Tables
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back cover

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