Notes, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000
17 June Levis broke the SU. If standard of living would have been better, would
there have been a J movement? Gma, waiting in lines. Stagnation, great gaps.
Command economy. Lack of incentive, too much emphasis on heavy industry, poor
distribution of resources.
How to define J community? Synagogues? Institutions? Most important population.
IN SU, by definition of govt. As historians, focus more on collective ID than personal
ID, though also significant. There were yeshivas in late SU, though not many.
Forests. H clubs. J culture, rel, hist clubs. Neighborhoods. Places of work, even if
unconsciously; pushed out of applied sciences. Section 5[?] forced Jews to survive
as Jews. Pew Report Less than ½ of US belong to any sort of institution, even
regular life cycle stuff. ,
Js living just fine compared to other ethnic groups. Like others, standing in food
lines, integrating, getting into big universities (though not in certain areas).
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