The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf – Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines

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By Marat Grinberg

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The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf – Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines by Marat Grinberg explores the nuanced world of Jewish culture under Soviet rule. It delves into how literature and other media became crucial tools for expressing and preserving Jewish identity against a backdrop of censorship and assimilation pressures. The book provides an insightful examination of the resilience and ingenuity within the Soviet Jewish community.
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This book may appeal to you if you are fascinated by the interplay between Jewish identity and Soviet culture. It provides an insightful exploration of how Jewish literature served as a means of cultural and personal expression under the Soviet regime, offering a profound look into themes of identity, resilience, and the power of the written word in historical contexts.

The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf – Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines

"In an environment where a public Jewish presence was routinely delegitimized, reading uniquely provided for many Soviet Jews an entry to communal memory and identity. This project decodes the complex reading strategies and the specifically Jewish uses to which the books on the Soviet Jewish bookshelf were put"--

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An original investigation into the reading strategies and uses of books by Jews in the Soviet era.

In The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf, Marat Grinberg argues that in an environment where Judaism had been all but destroyed, and a public Jewish presence routinely delegitimised, reading uniquely provided many Soviet Jews with an entry to communal memory and identity. The bookshelf was both a depository of selective Jewish knowledge and often the only conspicuously Jewish presence in their homes.

The typical Soviet Jewish bookshelf consisted of a few translated works from Hebrew and numerous translations from Yiddish and German, as well as Russian books with both noticeable and subterranean Jewish content. Such volumes, officially published and not intended solely for a Jewish audience, afforded an opportunity for Soviet Jews to indulge insubordinate feelings in a largely safe manner.

Grinberg is interested in pinpointing and decoding the complex reading strategies and the specifically Jewish uses to which the books on the Soviet Jewish bookshelf were put. He reveals that not only Jews read them, but Jews read them in a specific way.

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Marat Grinberg's The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf is praised for its thorough research and engaging narrative, exploring the rich landscape of Soviet Jewish culture through literature under oppressive conditions. It is recognised as essential reading for those interested in Soviet and Jewish history, shedding light on how Soviet Jews used books to forge their unique identity. Critics appreciate Grinberg's insightful analysis of varied texts, emphasising the role of reading in both resisting repression and redefining Jewishness while highlighting the wider significance of understanding these dynamics in contemporary society.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684581313

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Brandeis University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 440g

Pages: 284

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History & Military Marat Grinberg Non-Fiction Russian & Soviet History

About the Author

Marat Grinberg is professor of Russian and humanities at Reed College. He is the author of I am to be Read not from Left to Right, but in Jewish: from Right to Left: The Poetics of Boris Slutsky and Commissar. He is also coeditor of Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen also published by Brandeis University Press.