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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. FOREWORD TO JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY xi
4. Editor’s Note xv
5. INTRODUCTION: IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES . . . 1
6. 1 THE JEWS IN REVOLUTION 11
7. 2 A SOVIET STORY OF ACCULTURATION: JEWS, SOCIAL MOBILITY, AND EMPOWERMENT 45
8. 3 THE SOVIET STATE, THE JEWISH QUESTION, AND RETHINKING ANTISEMITISM IN SOVIET SOCIETY 85
9. 4 LONGING FOR ZION UNDER THE SOVIETS 119
10. 5 “DOWN WITH THE SABBATH!”: RECONFIGURING JUDAISM ONE CAMPAIGN AT A TIME 147
11. 6 OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLDS: JEWISH CULTURES AND LANGUAGES OF THE 1920s 187
12. 7 THE FAMILY, THE BODY, AND THE SELF: SOVIET (JEWISH) EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1920s 241
13. CONCLUSION: IT WAS THE SPRING OF HOPE, IT WAS THE WINTER OF DESPAIR . . . 289
14. Acknowledgments 297
15. Notes 299
16. Select Bibliography 357
17. Index 379
18. About the Author 397