Religion and Jewish identity in the Soviet Union, 1941-1964 /
Unearths the roots of a national awakening among Soviet Jews during World War II and its aftermath.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Waltham, Mass. :
Brandeis University Press,
c2012.
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| Collection: | Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Pt. I. From religious leniency to a campaign of oppression
- 1. Soviet religious policy in the wake of the Nazi invasion, 1941-1948
- 2. The legalization of congregations and synagogues
- 3. The formation of prayer groups (minyanim)
- 4. Jewish spiritual needs in the aftermath of the Holocaust
- 5. Stalin's final years, 1949-1953: persecution and the threat of liquidation
- 6. Public displays of Jewish identity: demonstrations in the Synagogue Square
- 7. Khrushchev's "thaw," 1954-1959
- 8. The public campaign against religion
- Part II: Between the private and the public spheres
- 9. Rabbis and the congregational establishment
- 10. Cantors for hire
- 11. Financing religious activities
- 12. Religious studies and the Moscow Yeshiva, 1957
- 13. Kosher slaughter (shechita) and matzah baking
- 14. Holiday observance in the private sphere
- 15. Charity and the Jewish needy
- 16. Ritual baths and circumcision
- 17. Cemeteries, Holocaust memorials, and burial societies
- 18. The attitude of world Jewry and Israel to Judaism in the USSR.


