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100 1 $aVeidlinger, Jeffrey,$d1971-
245 14 $aThe Moscow State Yiddish Theater :$bJewish
culture on the Soviet stage /$cJeffrey Veidlinger.
260 $aBloomington :$bIndiana University Press,$cc2000.
300 $aix, 356 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aJewish literature and culture.
490 1 $aIndiana-Michigan series in Russian and East
European studies.
520 1 $a"This is the first book in English to trace the
history of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, founded in 1919
and liquidated by the Soviet government in 1949. Since the
conventional view of the fate of Jews in Soviet Russia is
that, from the beginning, the Soviet state pursued policies
aimed at stamping out Jewish culture, it is surprising to
learn that from the 1920s through World War II, secular
Yiddish culture was actively promoted, and Yiddish cultural
institutions thrived, supported by the Soviet government,
albeit for its own propaganda purposes." "Drawing from newly
available archives, Jeffrey Veidlinger uses the dramatic
story of the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, the premiere
secular Jewish cultural institution of the Soviet era, to
demonstrate how Jewish writers and artists were able to
promote Jewish national culture within the confines of
Soviet nationality policies. He shows how a stellar group of
artists, writers, choreographers, directors, and actors led
by Solomon Mikhoels brought to life shtetl fables, biblical
heroes, Israelite lore, exilic laments, and dilemmas of
contemporary life under the guise of conventional socialist
realism before the theater and many of its principal figures
fell victim to Stalinist anti-semitism and xenophobia after
World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-341)
and index.
610 20 $aMoskovskiæi gosudarstvennyæi evreæiskiæi
teatr$xHistory.
650 0 $aTheater, Yiddish$zRussia
(Federation)$zMoscow$xHistory$y20th century.
830 0 $aJewish literature and culture.
830 0 $aIndiana-Michigan series in Russian and East
European studies.
