From Europe's East to the Middle East: Israel's Russian and Polish Lineages

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2022

From Europe's East to the Middle East

Israel's Russian and Polish Lineages

Edited by: Kenneth Moss , Benjamin Nathans and Taro Tsurumi

In the series Jewish Culture and Contexts

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812299571

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About this book

From Europe's East to the Middle East reveals how profoundly Zionism and Israel were shaped by the assumptions of Polish nationalism, Russian radicalism, and Soviet Communism; the unique ethos of the East European intelligentsia; and the political legacies of civil and national strife in the East European "shatter-zone."

Author / Editor information

Kenneth B. Moss is Felix Posen Professor of Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University. Benjamin Nathans is Alan Charles Kors Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Taro Tsurumi is Associate Professor in the Department of Area Studies at the University of Tokyo.

Reviews

"This rich and dynamic collection makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the various connections between East European Jewish history and Jewish society, culture, and politics in Ottoman/British Palestine and, later, Israel. The volume provides a welcome overview of many of the central themes and key questions regarding the intersection between these two societies in essays by many of the most important scholars working on this fascinating chapter in modern Jewish history."—Scott Ury, Tel Aviv University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Kenneth B. Moss, Benjamin Nathans and Taro Tsurumi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Imperial and National Crucibles
Chapter 1. “ Little Russia” in Palestine? Imperial Past, National Future (1860–1948) Israel Bartal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2. From Hyphenated Jews to Independent Jews: The Collapse of the Rus sian Empire and the Change in the Relationship Between Jews and Others Taro Tsurumi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 3. Jewish Palestine and Eastern Eu rope: I Am in the East and My Heart Is in the West Anita Shapira Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter 4. Stateless Nation: A Reciprocal Motif Between Polish Nationalism and Zionism Marcos Silber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Part II. Groups and Institutions
Chapter 5. The Paradox of Soviet Influence: The Case of Kibbutz Ha- Shomer Ha-Tsa‘ir from the USSR Ziva Galili Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Chapter 6. Triumphs of Conservatism: Beit Yaakov and the Polish Origins of Haredi Girls’ Education in Israel Iris Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter 7. Hasidic Leadership: From Charismatic to Hereditary and Back Benjamin Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Chapter 8. Connecting Poland and Palestine: The Organizational Model of He-Haluts Rona Yona Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Part III. Formations of Political Culture
Chapter 9. Israel’s Polish Heritage David Engel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Chapter 10. Violenceas Political Experience Among Jewish Youth in Interwar Poland Kamil Kijek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Chapter 11. From Zionism as Ideology to the Yishuv as Fact: Polish Jewish Re orientations Toward Palestine Within and Beyond Zionism, 1927–1932 Kenneth B. Moss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Chapter 12. Hero Shtetls: Reading Civil War Self- Defense in the Yishuv Mihály Kálmán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Part IV. Soviet Interludes
Chapter 13. American Jews and the Zionist Movements in the Soviet Union: The Joint and He- Haluts in Crimea in the 1920s Chizuko Takao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
Chapter 14. Refuseniks and Rights Defenders: Jews and the Soviet Dissident Movement Benjamin Nathans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 464
Illustrations
- Other: 0
Keywords: History; Religion; Jewish Studies; European History; World History

eBook

Published: January 4, 2022
ISBN: 9780812299571