Title: Jewish identities in postcommunist Russia and Ukraine : an uncertain ethnicity /
Authors: Gitelman, Zvi Y.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Jews Russia Identity.; Jews Ukraine Identity.; Jews Russia Politics and government; Jews Russia Social conditions; Jews Russia Politics and government; Jews Russia Social conditions; Jews Ukraine Politics and government; Jews Ukraine Social conditions; Jews Ukraine Politics and government; Jews Ukraine Social conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International.; Judentum; Kulturelle Identität; Postkommunismus.; Russia Ethnic relations.; Ukraine Ethnic relations.; Russland; Ukraine
Abstract: "This book examines in depth post-Soviet Jews' attitudes toward religion, intermarriage, emigration, anti-Semitism and rebuilding Jewish life"--
Contents: Introduction -- 1. Ethnicity and identity -- 2. The evolution of Jewish identities -- 3. Soviet policies and the Jewish nationality -- 4. Constructing Jewishness in Russia and Ukraine -- 5. Judaism and Jewishness: religion and ethnicity in Russia and Ukraine -- 6. Becoming Soviet Jews: friendship patterns -- 7. Acting Jewish: Jewsih collectivities or communities -- 8. Anti-semitism and Jewish identity -- 9. Identity, Israel, and immigration -- 10. Ethnicity and marriage -- 11. Polities, affect, affiliation, and alienation -- Conclusion.