Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
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.
Synagogues existed, could go freely, but stopped using by 50s, understood being
watched. State houses, certain things can be done, under certain conditions, 3
people max.
Babi Yar singling out Js, insult to mem of non-Js. 10% Sov citizens killed. What is ok
to memorialize? What is not ok? Pointing question at solidarity. Local collaboration.
Hanging people left and right in 45 for collaboration. Topic for public debate, very
sensitive. Liberal democracies can handle better than quasi-dictatorships
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