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.

• Dedication Acknowledgements List of Photographs Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Beginnings of Am Olam Chapter 3: The Birth of New Odessa Chapter 4: First Stop, New York Chapter 5: Beginnings in Oregon Chapter 6: William Frey: Background and Beliefs Chapter 7: Building New Odessa Chapter 8: The Culture of New Odessa Chapter 9: Fruition and Decline Chapter 10: After New Odessa Chapter 11: New Odessa: A Balance Sheet Bibliography Supplement: “Recollections of a Communist” Israel Mandelkern, Edited, with an introduction and annotation, by Theodore H. Friedgut Index

“A colorful portrait of the ups and downs of a small community of young Russian Jewish immigrants who set off in the 1880s from Odessa for what would become New Odessa (in Oregon) in pursuit of a secular, collective existence on the land. The book is enhanced by the inclusion of a previously unpublished vivid memoir by a member of the community decades after the New Odessa experiment had run its course.”

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.

• Dedication Acknowledgements List of Photographs Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Beginnings of Am Olam Chapter 3: The Birth of New Odessa Chapter 4: First Stop, New York Chapter 5: Beginnings in Oregon Chapter 6: William Frey: Background and Beliefs Chapter 7: Building New Odessa Chapter 8: The Culture of New Odessa Chapter 9: Fruition and Decline Chapter 10: After New Odessa Chapter 11: New Odessa: A Balance Sheet Bibliography Supplement: “Recollections of a Communist” Israel Mandelkern, Edited, with an introduction and annotation, by Theodore H. Friedgut Index

“A colorful portrait of the ups and downs of a small community of young Russian Jewish immigrants who set off in the 1880s from Odessa for what would become New Odessa (in Oregon) in pursuit of a secular, collective existence on the land. The book is enhanced by the inclusion of a previously unpublished vivid memoir by a member of the community decades after the New Odessa experiment had run its course.”

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.

• Dedication Acknowledgements List of Photographs Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Beginnings of Am Olam Chapter 3: The Birth of New Odessa Chapter 4: First Stop, New York Chapter 5: Beginnings in Oregon Chapter 6: William Frey: Background and Beliefs Chapter 7: Building New Odessa Chapter 8: The Culture of New Odessa Chapter 9: Fruition and Decline Chapter 10: After New Odessa Chapter 11: New Odessa: A Balance Sheet Bibliography Supplement: “Recollections of a Communist” Israel Mandelkern, Edited, with an introduction and annotation, by Theodore H. Friedgut Index

“A colorful portrait of the ups and downs of a small community of young Russian Jewish immigrants who set off in the 1880s from Odessa for what would become New Odessa (in Oregon) in pursuit of a secular, collective existence on the land. The book is enhanced by the inclusion of a previously unpublished vivid memoir by a member of the community decades after the New Odessa experiment had run its course.”