Kosher pork an oxymoron? Anna Shternshis s fascinating study
traces the creation of a Soviet Jewish identity that disassociated
Jewishness from Judaism. The cultural transformation of Soviet Jews
between 1917 and 1941 was one of the most ambitious experiments in
social engineering of the past century. During this period, Russian
Jews went from relative isolation to being highly integrated into
the new Soviet culture and society, while retaining a strong ethnic
and cultural identity. This identity took shape during the 1920s
and 1930s, when the government attempted to create a new Jewish
culture, "national in form" and "socialist in content." Soviet and
Kosher is the first study of key Yiddish documents that brought
these Soviet messages to Jews, notably the "Red Haggadah," a Soviet
parody of the traditional Passover manual; songs about Lenin and
Stalin; scripts from regional theaters; Socialist Realist fiction;
and magazines for children and adults. More than 200 interviews
conducted by the author in Russia, Germany, and the United States
testify to the reception of these cultural products and provide a
unique portrait of the cultural life of the average Soviet
Jew."
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