{"product_id":"transatlantic-russian-jewishness-ideological-voyages-of-the-yiddish-daily-forverts-in-the-first-half-of-the-twentieth-century-9781644693636","title":"Transatlantic Russian Jewishness: Ideological","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early decades of the twentieth century, tens of thousands of Yiddish speaking immigrants actively participated in the American Socialist and labor movement. They formed the milieu of the hugely successful daily \u003cem\u003eForverts\u003c\/em\u003e (Forward), established in New York in April 1897. Its editorial columns and bylined articles-many of whose authors, such as Abraham Cahan and Sholem Asch, were household names at the time-both reflected and shaped the attitudes and values of the readership. Most pages of this book are focused on the newspaper's reaction to the political developments in the home country. Profound admiration of Russian literature and culture did not mitigate the writers' criticism of the czarist and Soviet regimes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gennady Estraikh’s \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Russian Jewishness\u003c\/i\u003e… is a compelling account of the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e’s political and personal transatlantic shifts. … Drawing upon the author’s previous book… this book carefully sets the Russian-Jewish transatlantic political scene. Estraikh moves between the personal and ideological aspects and presents relevant evidence for the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e’s political and ideological development. He places its ideological twists and turns within transnational and Jewish-American contexts based on numerous editorials and articles published in the \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003eand other primary and secondary sources. … This thorough study thus contributes to the field of history of ideas in the American Jewish context and the scholarship on the cultural history of Yiddish in the United States.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Yael Levi, Bar Ilan University, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern Jewish Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers benefit from Estraikh’s detailed knowledge of the complex and fluctuating scenes of different socialist, Bundist, and Zionist groups in and beyond the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. The study draws on the coverage of the \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003eand several other papers as well as extensive archival research… This study has a lot to offer for specialists who are familiar with the complex and shifting ideological landscape inhabited by Yiddish socialists... Estraikh devotes much attention to different contributors and critics of the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e, but also other figures such as Agro-Joint director Joseph Rosen. He retraces the flight of Lestschinsky, Dovid Eynhorn, and others to America and uncovers connections between members of overlapping networks comprising a wide range of authors affiliated with the paper. The extensive bibliography illustrates the breadth of the study.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tobias Brinkmann, Penn State University, \u003ci\u003eAJS Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Estraikh’s detailed study of the longstanding Yiddish newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e, draws on many primary and secondary sources. He examines in depth its ideological development under the editorial leadership of flamboyant personalities such as Abraham Cahan, Moyshe Olgin, David Eynhorn, and David Bergelson. The book is well written and captivating, particularly in the way it dramatically weaves stories and anecdotes relating to the paper’s editors and contributors. Most importantly, it reveals how the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e was a mirror to the acculturation and assimilation process of many Yiddish speaking Jewish Americans. … This work will be a benchmark for future studies not only on the history of the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e and its editors, but also on the history of the Jewish left and Jewish intellectual ideas, as well as a standard for studying the evolution from Jewish affiliation with secular socialism to Zionistic religiosity.”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e—David Levy, Lander College for Women, \u003ci\u003eAJL Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Now, finally, we have a scholarly volume that considers the history of the \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003eas a global institution. Professor Gennady Estraikh has been associated with the \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003efor more than 30 years and he knows the newspaper inside and out. He had previously used material from the newspaper for his own research, and he now has a book which places the \u003ci\u003eForverts \u003c\/i\u003eand Cahan center stage.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mikhail Krutikov, \u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For more than a century, the Yiddish \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e was the Jewish newspaper of record and a major Jewish American institution. Drawing on an impressively wide array of primary sources, Estraikh reconstructs the complex history of this paper with all its political twists and ideological turns. Estraikh expertly and elegantly converts his superb scholarship into a gripping narrative, weaving dramatic personal stories of the Forverts editors and contributors into the board canvas of twentieth-century European and American history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Mikhail Krutikov, Professor of Slavic and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Russian Jewishness\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a book about the Yiddish \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e, edited first and foremost by Abraham Cahan. Gennady Estraikh’s elegant work shows how the newspaper mirrored the population that read it—Russian Jews who came to the United States and, more importantly, assimilated. Although Estraikh focuses on the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e writers—from the hot-headed Cahan and the elegant Moyshe Olgin to modernist David Bergelson and the wealthy David Eynhorn—we have to imagine that we are reading the newspaper of more than one hundred years of Jewish American acculturation—from secular socialism to Zionist religiosity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—David Shneer, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History, University of Colorado Boulder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Russian Jewishness\u003c\/i\u003e, Gennady Estraikh chronicles the ideological development of the Jewish Daily \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e, the world’s foremost Yiddish newspaper and America’s most important Socialist daily, from World War I through the 1950s. Paying special attention to the views expressed in the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e toward the Soviet Union and Communism, Zionism and Palestine\/Israel, Germany and rise of Nazism, as well as toward Yiddish language education and traditional Judaism, Estraikh shows that the Jewish politics in the war and interwar years were at once local and transnational, personal and ideological. \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Russian Jewishness\u003c\/i\u003e is thoroughly researched and clearly written. It will be a gold mine for those interested in the history of the \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e and its imperious editor, Abraham Cahan, as well as for those interested in the general history of the Jewish left and its debates over the burning international issues of its heyday.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Daniel Soyer, Professor of History, Fordham University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Russian Jewishness\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply researched study, rich in detail and broad in scope. Bringing to bear a wealth of knowledge, Gennady Estraikh expertly leads the reader between Russia and the United States as he examines how the Yiddish Daily \u003ci\u003eForverts\u003c\/i\u003e shaped the politics and culture of immigrant Jews. This most important immigrant institution has finally received the scholarly treatment it deserves.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tony Michels, George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History, University of Wisconsin–Madison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. World War I\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Collapse of the Socialist International\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Anti-Russian Syndrome\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Zimmerwald Conference\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Phantom of Internationalism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Effect of the War Debates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. The 1917 Revolutions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRussia Can Be Loved\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoys and Problems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bolshevik Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Split\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Cultural Debates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Letter from Waco\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvocates and Critics of Yiddish Education\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCahan's Summing Up\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Raphael Abramovitch's Menshevik Voice in the \u003cem\u003eForverts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Vortex of Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween Two Internationals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommunists' Most Hated Menshevik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Moscow Trial of 1931\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. The Outpost in Berlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bureau\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacob Lestschinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bergelson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe End of Yiddish Berlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Jews on the Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalestine or Crimea?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZalman Wendroff's Accounts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbraham Cahan's Soviet Journey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSholem Asch—An Unwanted Guest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. Between Hate and Hope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChallenges of the Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stalin Constitution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBirobidzhan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExit from Europe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Soviet Delegation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack to the Tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359907971415,"sku":"9781644693636","price":72.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644693636.jpg?v=1754126080","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transatlantic-russian-jewishness-ideological-voyages-of-the-yiddish-daily-forverts-in-the-first-half-of-the-twentieth-century-9781644693636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}