The Jews of the Soviet Union: The History of a National
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pinkus, Benjamin, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is a comprehensive and topical history of ong>theong> Jews in ong>theong> ong>Sovietong> Union and is based on firsthand documentary evidence and ong>theong> application of a pioneering research method into ong>theong> fate of national minorities. Within a four-part chronological framework, Professor Pinkus examines not only ong>theong> legal-political status of ong>theong> Jews, and ong>theong>ir reciprocal relationship with ong>theong> ong>Sovietong> majority, but also ong>theong> impact of internal economic, demographic and social processes upon ong>theong> religious, educational and cultural life of ong>Sovietong> Jewry. A second layer of analysis describes in depth ong>theong> complex linkages between ong>theong> Jews of ong>theong> ong>Sovietong> Union, ong>theong> Jews in oong>theong>r diasporas and ong>theong> state of Israel itself. ong>Theong> Jews of ong>theong> ong>Sovietong> Union marks a major contribution to ong>theong> historiography and social analysis of its subject and provides a worthy companion to Professor Pinkus's acclaimed documentary study ong>Theong> ong>Sovietong> Union and ong>theong> Jews .