Stepmother Russia, Foster Mother America: Identity Transitions in the New Odessa Jewish Commune, 1881-1891 & Recollections of a Communist

by Theodore Friedgut and Israel Mandelkern

In the late nineteenth century, a group of radical Jewish youths from Odessa attempted to create an agricultural commune on the Oregon frontier, and in so doing developed from assimilated revolutionaries to American Jews. Theodore Friedgut relates the story of these youths and their creation, with special notice paid to the human encounters within the commune, the members' encounters with America in acquiring land and equipment-and, importantly, their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161811381X
• ISBN13: 9781618113818
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"