In Russian Idea: Jewish Presence, Professor Brian Horowitz follows the career tracks of Jewish intellectuals who, having fallen in love with Russian culture, were unceremoniously repulsed. Horowitz re
Avrutin (modern European Jewish history) and Murav (Slaviclanguages and literatures), both at the U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, introduce Klier (1944-2007) as a pioneering UIscholar on Jewish-Russ
Focusing primarily on the close study of literary works presented in the broad cultural and historical context, Jacob’s Ladder discusses the reflection of kabbalistic allegory in Russian literature an
This volume discusses the participation of Jews as soldiers, journalists, and propagandists in combating the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War—as the period between June 22, 1941, and May 9, 1945,
Friedgut tells the story of a group of young Zionist Jews in Odessa who fled pogroms in Russia to found a commune in rural Oregon, New Odessa, one of about 100 such communities that the group Am Olam
