Religion and Jewish identity in the Soviet Union, 1941-1964:
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Main Author: Altshuler, Mordechai (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Mass. Brandeis University Press c2012
Edition:1st ed
Series:Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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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ISBN:1611682711
161168272X
1611682738
9781611682717
9781611682724
9781611682731

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