Judaic Studies 385 - Russian Jews
Spring
2023
01
4.00
Olga Gershenson
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
66748
Herter Hall room 207
gershenson@umass.edu
This course explores Jewish life in Eastern Europe from the perspective of cultural studies. Particular emphasis is on origins of Soviet-Jewish culture, ethnicity, and identity, interaction with the surrounding society, immigration, Jews under communism, Holocaust, and transformation of Russian Jewish life in the twentieth century. Readings from various historical and literary sources; excerpts from film and media. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)