"From Bukhara to Brooklyn: East European Jewish History from 1881 to Today"
This is an introductory course for students with no prior knowledge about the study of East European Jewry from the pogroms of 1881-82, through the fall of the Russian Empire, the decades of the Soviet Union and util Putin’s Russia today.
Particular attention will be devoted to the huge changes that East European Jews underwent during these years – a period of repeated wars and massive changes in policy, demography and culture.
Part of the course will be devoted to a survey of non-Ashkenazi communities in this huge space.
The goal of this course will be acquisition and greater understanding of the period, as well as an improvement of analytical skills when dealing with scholarly materials.
The course will also allow the students to explore the relationship between historical events and collective memory in the public and political arenas.
The course aims to engage students from diverse academic backgrounds with the history of East European Jewry. The course will encourage critical thinking about this history from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
This is an introductory course for students with no prior knowledge about the study of East European Jewry from the pogroms of 1881-82, through the fall of the Russian Empire, the decades of the Soviet Union and util Putin’s Russia today.
Particular attention will be devoted to the huge changes that East European Jews underwent during these years – a period of repeated wars and massive changes in policy, demography and culture.
Part of the course will be devoted to a survey of non-Ashkenazi communities in this huge space.
The goal of this course will be acquisition and greater understanding of the period, as well as an improvement of analytical skills when dealing with scholarly materials.
The course will also allow the students to explore the relationship between historical events and collective memory in the public and political arenas.
The course aims to engage students from diverse academic backgrounds with the history of East European Jewry. The course will encourage critical thinking about this history from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
- Teacher: Jonathan Dekel-Chen