РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ НАСЛЕДИЯ РЕПАТРИАНТОВ ИЗ СССР В МУЗЕЯХ ГОСУДАРСТВА ИЗРАИЛЬ

Abstract

The article examines issues of representation of Soviet Jews in the museum space of the State of Israel. Sources of various types have been studied, indicating the coverage of this problem by the Museum of the Jewish People on the campus of Tel Aviv University and the amuta in Haifa “Let's Remember and Preserve” - the Documentation Centre of the Jewish National Movement in the Soviet Union. When developing the issue, methods of personal, activity, cultural and selective approaches were used. It is concluded that the representation of the community of immigrants from the USSR in the space of the museums studied does not correspond to the significance and contribution that this part of the population made to the birth, formation and development of the State of Israel. In addition, it was noted that the considered museum sites do not reveal the phenomenon of the “Soviet Jew,” which includes representatives of regions that differ in their way of life and mentality, and do not sufficiently solve the problem of building a reliable bridge between the older generation of Russian-speaking repatriates and their descendants born in Israel. The “Ma’alot” community, created in 2016 and setting the goal of its activities to open a Heritage Centre for the Jews of the USSR in Israel, can change the current situation. And although certain difficulties arose along the way of these plans (the COVID-19 epidemic, the peculiarities of the legislation of the State of Israel, the choice of location, the fighting in Gaza and their consequences), the structure of the Centre has already been created, its project has been drawn up, its pages are widely represented on the Internet, and employees - at scientific and public sites.