Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution
A truly outstanding book [....] This book will rank as a landmark study in the history of Jewish culture in Eastern Europe. --Samuel Kassow, author of Who Will Write Our History?[...] A book that will be indispensable to readers of modern Jewish literature, culture, and history [....]. I wholeheartedly recommend it. --Ruth Wisse, Harvard UniversityDrawing on little-known sources in Russian, Hebrew, and Yiddish, Moss brilliantly anatomizes the institutions and ideas that flourished in that tumultuous time [...]. --Adam Kirsch, The New Republic Online, Oct. 1, 2009Lucid, theoretically sophisticated, and extensively researched [...] Moss offers a thought-provoking reinterpretation of nationalism and its relationship to culture. --Tony Michels, author of A Fire in Our HeartsMoss recovers a singularly complex moment in modern Jewish history in a meticulously documented and beautifully written work. --Olga Litvak, Clark UniversityTo grasp the full significance of this splendid book, one has to begin with its principal point of departure, the late Jonathan Frankel’s magisterial Prophecy and Politics[…] Whereas Frankel showed us the shared subterranean concerns of Bundist and Zionist rivals, Moss charts the deep affinities of warring Hebraists and Yiddishists … with equally stunning effect. Benjamin Nathans, The Russian ReviewKenneth Moss's brilliant new book,Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution[illuminates] an explosive moment of cultural history[....]. [T]he depth of knowledge, the sensitivity to both poetic and political language, and the penetrating readings of primary texts are all quite extraordinary. Moss does a remarkable job of respecting the complexity of his protagonists' motives.  --Marci Shore (The Jewish Daily Forward)(added by author)