While Messiah tarried
Subtitle: Jewish socialist movements, 1871-1917
By: Nora Levin.
Publisher: Schocken Books; Schocken
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
Subjects: Allgemeyner Idisher arbeyṭerbund in Liṭa, Poylen un Rusland; Jewish labor unions; Jewish socialists; Jews -- United States -- Politics and government; Jews -- Russia -- Politics and government; Labor Zionism
Description: Jewish socialism was a formative factor of modern Jewish history. Levin recaptures the personalities, ideas, and events of the far-reaching socialist movements. In tracing the development of the ideologies of the differing socialist groups, she portrays the often bitter struggles they had with each other and with the non-Jewish socialist movements, especially in Russia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.