JWST 303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: American Imperialism, Rootless Cosmopolitan, Itzik Feffer

• School: McGill University
• Department: Jewish Studies
• Course: JWST 303
• Professor: Daniel Heller

Document Summary

The jews of russia and the soviet union, 1881 to the. 5: the black years and the gray, 1948-1967. Stalin considered an uniquely jewish identity and specifically jewish involvement in the war effort dangerous: efforts to make an international jewish organisation ended in the 1941 executions of victor alter and henryk erlich. 145. their idea of a jewish anti-nazi committee was realised in public meetings included prominent soviet figures in 1941 appeals to anglo-american jewry to help fight nazism. 1942 jewish antifascist committee (jac) formed in soviet union: purpose to rally political and financial support for the soviet war effort from the west. Jac also published a newspaper, which increased in frequency of circulation from once every 10 days to 3 times a week also lent support to yiddish writers including refugees from poland, romania, and the baltic states. Solomon (sholyme) mikhoels (prominent leader in moscow yiddish theatre) and itsik.