Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.

xi, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Helen B. Schwartz book in Jewish studies

Helen B. Schwartz book in Jewish studies.

"Awarded the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History as outstanding work in twentieth-century history"--Verso of t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index.

Historical profile of an East European Jewish history -- Red star on the Jewish street -- Entangled loyalties: the Bund, the evsektsiia, and the creation of a "new" Jewish political culture -- Soviet Minsk: the capital of Yiddish -- Behavior unbecoming a Communist: Jewish religious practice in a Soviet capital -- Housewives, mothers and workers: roles and representations of Jewish women in times of revolution -- Jewish ordinary life in the midst of extraordinary purges: 1934-1939.

Jews, Soviet -- Belarus -- Minsk -- History.

Jews -- Belarus -- Minsk -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Soviet Union.

Jews -- Soviet Union -- Identity.

Communism and Judaism -- Belarus -- Minsk.

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9780253008220 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0253008220 (pbk. : alk. paper)