Tag: Soviet Jews
Soviet Jew Movement Exhibit Comes To Mandell JCC in Hartford CT.
The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford has brought a traveling exhibit about the movement to free the Soviet Jews in the 1960s to the Mandell JCC's Chase Family Gallery.
The exhibit, "Power of Protest: The Movement...
The miracle of Soviet Jewry
The term Soviet Jewry is an oxymoron. According to the normal rules of history, there should be no such thing. By that logic there should be no such thing as the Jewish people either...
A 30th Anniversary, Soviet Jews, and the Making of History
On December 6, 1987, 30 years ago, more than 250,000 people gathered in Washington to call on the Kremlin to open the gates and let Soviet Jews emigrate. Freedom Sunday, as it came to...
The Jewish Revolution: how Soviet Jews pursued artistic modernity and political freedom after 1917
When 2018 rolls round, the cottage industry dedicated to poring over the 100-year legacy of the Russian Revolution will be put to bed. And while the sheer volume of exhibitions, books, TV series and...