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A Cold War exodus : how American activists mobilized to free Soviet Jews /

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"From twinning bar and bat mitzvahs to smuggling blue jeans across the Iron Curtain, A Cold War exodus analyzes how Cold War-era social movement activists invented the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews-and reshaped Jewish American culture in the process"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelner, Shaul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Jews > Soviet Union > Migrations.
Jews > Soviet Union > Social conditions.
Antisemitism > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Ethnic relations.
Refuseniks.
Social movements > United States.
Protest movements > United States.
Cold War > Diplomatic history.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
Juifs > URSS > Migrations.
Juifs > URSS > Conditions sociales.
Antisémitisme > URSS.
Refuzniks.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis.
Contestation > États-Unis.
Guerre froide > Histoire diplomatique.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > URSS.
URSS > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures and tables
  • List of acronyms
  • Introduction: Let them live as Jews or let them leave
  • 1 Illuminate the past and present
  • 2 This is the matzoh of hope
  • 3 How to find and meet Russian Jews
  • 4 From Russia, with angst
  • 5 We've said no to PepsiCo
  • 6 Natasha's dream
  • 7 My Soviet twin
  • Conclusion: Voices of the vigil
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Soviet Jewish Emigration Statistics
  • Notes
  • List of Interviews.