UID:
edocfu_9959239568402883
Format:
1 online resource (293 pages) :
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illustrations, photographs
ISBN:
1-61811-506-5
Series Statement:
Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
Content:
This book first delves into the author's ancestry, thereby providing a partial slice of Russian Jewish history. It then offers an individual perspective on what it meant to grow up in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWII. It also gives a personal account of the rise and development of Jewish national awareness. It next describes a struggle for the immigration to Israel in the late 1960s and the early 1970s through job loss, persecution, arrests, imprisonment, and trial. It further relates the author's life in Israel, including his work at the Voice of Israel, study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and service in the Israel Defense Forces. Finally, it explores the author's academic career in the United States, from the graduate school at the University of Illinois to professorship at Cornell University.
Note:
Includes index.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Note on Transliteration --
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List of Illustrations --
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Acknowledgments --
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Foreword --
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1. Ancestry --
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2. Immediate Family --
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3. Growing Up in Postwar Soviet Russia --
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4. Emergence of National Awareness and the Struggle for Immigration to Israel --
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5. Arrest, Imprisonment, Trial, and Aftermath --
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6. Life in Israel --
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7. Graduate Studies in the United States --
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8. Living, Teaching, and Writing in America --
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Afterword --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-61811-505-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781618115065
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