Religion and Jewish identity in the Soviet Union, 1941-1964
Pt. I. From religious leniency to a campaign of oppression -- 1. Soviet religious policy in the wake of the Nazi invasion, 1941-1948 -- 2. The legalization of congregations and synagogues -- 3. The formation of prayer groups (minyanim) -- 4. Jewish spiritual needs in the aftermath of the Holocaust -...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Waltham, Mass.
Brandeis Univ. Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry
A Sarnat library book |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Soviet Union
/ Jews
/ Religious policy
/ Religious practice
/ History 1941-1964
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| Further subjects: | B
Ethnic identity
B Religious practice B Jews B Jews (Soviet Union) Identity B Soviet Union Ethnic relations B Jews Government policy (Soviet Union) B Judaism B Jews (Soviet Union) Social conditions B History 1941-1964 B Jews (Soviet Union) History B Religious policy B Soviet Union |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | Pt. I. From religious leniency to a campaign of oppression -- 1. Soviet religious policy in the wake of the Nazi invasion, 1941-1948 -- 2. The legalization of congregations and synagogues -- 3. The formation of prayer groups (minyanim) -- 4. Jewish spiritual needs in the aftermath of the Holocaust -- 5. Stalin's final years, 1949-1953: persecution and the threat of liquidation -- 6. Public displays of Jewish identity: demonstrations in the Synagogue Square -- 7. Khrushchev's "thaw," 1954-1959 -- 8. The public campaign against religion -- Part II: Between the private and the public spheres -- 9. Rabbis and the congregational establishment -- 10. Cantors for hire -- 11. Financing religious activities -- 12. Religious studies and the Moscow Yeshiva, 1957 -- 13. Kosher slaughter (shechita) and matzah baking -- 14. Holiday observance in the private sphere -- 15. Charity and the Jewish needy -- 16. Ritual baths and circumcision -- 17. Cemeteries, Holocaust memorials, and burial societies -- 18. The attitude of world Jewry and Israel to Judaism in the USSR |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [301] - 314 |
| ISBN: | 1611682711 |