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We Are Jews Again

Jewish Activism in the Soviet Union

Yuli KosharovskySeries: Modern Jewish History
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Pages
440
Year
2017
Language
English

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Kosharovsky's authoritative four-volume history of the Jewish movement in the Soviet Union is now available in a condensed and edited volume that makes this compelling insider's account of Soviet Jewish activism after Stalin available to a wider audience. Originally published in Russian from 2008 to 2012, "We Are Jews Again" chronicles the struggles of Jews who wanted nothing more than the freedom to learn Hebrew, the ability to provide a Jewish education for their children, and the right to immigrate to Israel. Through dozens of interviews with former refuseniks and famous activists, Kosharovsky provides a vivid and intimate view of the Jewish movement and a detailed account of the persecution many faced from Soviet authorities.

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"Kosharovsky provides us with a moving and well-documented account of how conviction can make the seeming impossible finally take place."
Former U.S. Secretary of State
"An indispensable chronicle of a movement that helped bring down the Soviet Union from within. As one of the early leaders of the refusenik movement, Kosharovsky -- through his own reminiscences and his probing interviews with hundreds of fellow activists -- documents in personal terms how Soviet Jews struggled to rediscover their own identity and ultimately achieved their own liberation...a power
Former US Ambassador to Russia (2001-2005), State Department Director for Soviet Union Aff
"Yuli Kosharovsky has recorded lively and insightful personal accounts that form the backbone of an exceptionally intimate and well-rounded look at the Soviet Jewish movement from the inside."
Professor of history emeritus at Tel-Aviv University

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