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Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America: Identity Transitions in the New Odessa

Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America: Identity Transitions in the New Odessa Jewish Commune, 1881-1891 & Recollections of a Communist Hardback - 2014

by Theodore H. Friedgut

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Hardback. New. An original interpretive history of the origins, rise, and eventual fall of the New Odessa Jewish commune formed by members of Am Olam and an analysis of the process of their transformation from Russian revolutionary intelligentsia who rejected any outward forms of Judaism to Americans who in large measure came to terms with their Jewishness.
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  • Title Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America: Identity Transitions in the New Odessa Jewish Commune, 1881-1891 & Recollections of a Communist
  • Author Theodore H. Friedgut
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 215
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Academic Studies Press
  • Date 2014-09-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781618113818
  • ISBN 9781618113818 / 161811381X
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.5 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Jewish Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Oregon
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015490418
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.5

About the author

Theodore H. Friedgut is Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The most recent of his six books, The Lipton Jewish Agricultural Colony, 1901-1951: Pioneering Canada's Prairies was awarded the 2009 Switzer-Cooperstock Prize in Western Canadian Jewish History.