Soviet and kosher : Jewish popular culture in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939 /

Kosher pork--an oxymoron? Anna Shternshis's fascinating study traces the creation of a Soviet Jewish identity that disassociated Jewishness from Judaism. The cultural transformation of Soviet Jews between 1917 and 1941 was one of the most ambitious experiments in social engineering of the past...

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Main Author: Shternshis, Anna
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006
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