Let My People Go

The Transnational Politics of Soviet Jewish Emigration During the Cold War

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

AvPauline Peretz

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American Jews' mobilization on behalf of Soviet Jews is typically portrayed as compensation for the community's inability to assist European Jews during World War II. Yet, as Pauline Peretz shows, the role Israel played in setting the agenda for a segment of the American Jewish community was central. Her careful examination of relations between the Jewish state and the Jewish diaspora offers insight into Israel's influence over the American Jewish community and how this influence can be conceptualized.To explain how Jewish emigration moved from a solely Jewish issue to a humanitarian question that required the intervention of the US government during the Cold War, Peretz traces the activities of Israel in securing the immigration of Soviet Jews and promoting awareness in Western countries.Peretz uses mobilization studies to explain a succession of objectives on the part of Israel and the stages in which it mobilized American Jews. Peretz attempts to reintroduce Israel as the missing, yet absolutely decisive actor in the history of the American movement to help Soviet Jews emigrate in difficult circumstances.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-08-30
Mått152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt589 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Jewish Studies Series
Antal sidor372
FörlagTaylor & Francis Inc
ISBN9781412856751

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IntroductionPart I: Israel, Instigator of Mobilization within the Diaspora, 1953–631 The Jewish Community Reaches Political Maturity2 Mobilization in the Postwar Years3 An American Campaign Orchestrated by Israel,1955–63Part II: From Community Mobilization to Humanitarian Movement, 1964–714 An American Movement in Support of the Rights of Soviet Jewry, 1964–665 The Six-Day War: A Turning Point for the American Jewish Community, 1967–71Part III: The Emigration of Soviet Jewry: A Central Issue in Soviet-American Relations, 1972-Late 1980s6 The Emigration of Soviet Jewry: An Obstacle to Detente, 1972–74 1937 Jewish Rights or Human Rights in the Soviet Union? 1975–798 Jewish Emigration as a Barometer of US-Soviet Relations in the 1980sConclusionAcknowledgmentsAppendixChronologyList of AcronymsSelect BibliographyIndex