Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America: Identity Transitions in the New Odessa Jewish Commune, 1881-1891 & Recollections of a Communist

An original interpretive history of the origins, rise, and eventual fall of the New Odessa Jewish commune formed by members of Am Olam and an analysis of the process of their transformation from Russian revolutionary intelligentsia who rejected any outward forms of Judaism to Americans who in large measure came to terms with their Jewishness.

• | By (Author): Theodore Friedgut (Author)
• | Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 02, 2014
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 215 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 161811381X
• | ISBN-13: 9781618113818