A Cold War exodus : how American activists mobilized to free Soviet Jews / Shaul Kelner.

Author/creator Kelner, Shaul author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxviii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Jews--Soviet Union. --Migrations.
Jews--Soviet Union. --Social conditions.
Antisemitism--Soviet Union.
Refuseniks.
Social movements--United States.
Protest movements--United States.
Cold War--Diplomatic history.
Juifs--URSS. --Migrations.
Juifs--URSS. --Conditions sociales.
Antisémitisme--URSS.
Refuzniks.
Mouvements sociaux--États-Unis.
Contestation--États-Unis.
Guerre froide--Histoire diplomatique.
Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.
United States--Foreign relations. --Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations. --United States.
États-Unis--Relations extérieures. --URSS.
URSS--Relations extérieures. --États-Unis.

Contents List of figures and tables -- List of acronyms -- Introduction: Let them live as Jews or let them leave -- 1 Illuminate the past and present -- 2 This is the matzoh of hope -- 3 How to find and meet Russian Jews -- 4 From Russia, with angst -- 5 We've said no to PepsiCo -- 6 Natasha's dream -- 7 My Soviet twin -- Conclusion: Voices of the vigil -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Soviet Jewish Emigration Statistics -- Notes -- List of Interviews.
Abstract "From twinning bar and bat mitzvahs to smuggling blue jeans across the Iron Curtain, A Cold War exodus analyzes how Cold War-era social movement activists invented the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews-and reshaped Jewish American culture in the process"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1479879398 hardcover
ISBN9781479879397 hardcover
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