1st Edition
Let My People Go The Transnational Politics of Soviet Jewish Emigration During the Cold War
By Pauline Peretz
Copyright 2015
372 Pages
by
Routledge
372 Pages
by
Routledge
372 Pages
by
Routledge
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American Jews' mobilization on behalf of Soviet Jews is typically portrayed as compensation for the community's inability to assist European Jews during World War II. Yet, as Pauline Peretz shows, the role Israel played in setting the agenda for a segment of the American Jewish community was central. Her careful examination of relations between the Jewish state and the Jewish diaspora offers... Read more
Introduction Part I: Israel, Instigator of Mobilization within the Diaspora, 1953–63 1 The Jewish Community Reaches Political Maturity 2 Mobilization in the Postwar Years3 An American Campaign Orchestrated by Israel,1955–63 Part II: From Community Mobilization to Humanitarian Movement, 1964–71 4 An American Movement in Support of the Rights of Soviet Jewry, 1964–66 5 The Six-Day War: A Turning Point for the American Jewish Community, 1967–71 Part III: The Emigration of Soviet Jewry: A Central Issue in Soviet-American Relations, 1972-Late 1980s6 The Emigration of Soviet Jewry: An Obstacle to Detente, 1972–74 193 7 Jewish Rights or Human Rights in the Soviet Union? 1975–79 8 Jewish Emigration as a Barometer of US-Soviet Relations in the 1980s Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix Chronology List of Acronyms Select Bibliography Index
Biography
Pauline Peretz
