A Cold War exodus : how American activists mobilized to free Soviet Jews

A Cold War exodus : how American activists mobilized to free Soviet Jews / Shaul Kelner.

Author/creator	Kelner, Shaul author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, [2024]
Copyright Notice	©2024
Description	xviii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Jews--Soviet Union --Migrations. Jews--Soviet Union --Social conditions. Antisemitism--Soviet Union. Refuseniks. Social movements--United States. Protest movements--United States. Cold War--Diplomatic history. Juifs--URSS --Migrations. Juifs--URSS --Conditions sociales. Antisémitisme--URSS. Refuzniks. Mouvements sociaux--États-Unis. Contestation--États-Unis. Guerre froide--Histoire diplomatique. Soviet Union--Ethnic relations. United States--Foreign relations --Soviet Union. Soviet Union--Foreign relations --United States. États-Unis--Relations extérieures --URSS. URSS--Relations extérieures --États-Unis.

Contents	List of figures and tables -- List of acronyms -- Introduction: Let them live as Jews or let them leave -- 1 Illuminate the past and present -- 2 This is the matzoh of hope -- 3 How to find and meet Russian Jews -- 4 From Russia, with angst -- 5 We've said no to PepsiCo -- 6 Natasha's dream -- 7 My Soviet twin -- Conclusion: Voices of the vigil -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Soviet Jewish Emigration Statistics -- Notes -- List of Interviews.
Abstract	"From twinning bar and bat mitzvahs to smuggling blue jeans across the Iron Curtain, A Cold War exodus analyzes how Cold War-era social movement activists invented the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews-and reshaped Jewish American culture in the process"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	1479879398 hardcover
ISBN	9781479879397 hardcover
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