Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
indemnities, etc. New Uk govt see SU past as kind of bad dream to genocide.
Disconcerting to Ru.
Pop rel begins to bubble up again, esp Islam and Orthodoxy. Islamic fundamentalism
didn't really exist outside of Egypt in this time. Concerned about dual loyalties.
Ambivalence on part of many, animosity on other parts. W religion come all sorts of
things. Synagogue becomes again a problematic place. Restriction on J rituals, from
matzah to circumcision. State more actively recruits informers w/in rel communities
throughout Ru. Again, more concerned w Islam and Orthodoxy. "Mood of people."
Conducting services w/o priest. Weddings, burials had been conducted under state,
doing more under rel ritual. Aware and reacting. Govt in J case, forcibly trying to
break up minyanim. Yeshivot in SU throughout, perhaps only for show, but do train
rabbis, etc. Not many, mostly in major cities. Restricting travel for studies.
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