{"product_id":"9781350296244-history-of-birobidzhan","title":"The History of Birobidzhan","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilding a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGennady Estraikh’s book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). \u003ci\u003eThe History of Birobidzhan\u003c\/i\u003e looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the ‘Jewish question’, arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the Soviet world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstraikh brings together a broad range of Russian and Yiddish sources, including archival materials, newspaper articles, travelogues, memoirs, belles-letters, and scholarly publications, as he describes and analyses the project and its realization not in isolation, but rather in the context of developments in both domestic and international life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well as offering an assessment of the Birobidzhan project in the contexts of Soviet and Jewish history, the book also focuses on the contemporary ‘Jewish’ role of the region which now has only a few thousand Jewish occupants amongst its residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40743274152033,"sku":"9781350296244","price":12.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27712682.jpg?v=1722001453","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350296244-history-of-birobidzhan","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}