Soviet Jewry in the 1980s: the politics of anti-Semitism and emigration and the dynamics of resettlement

Abstract

Tables and Figures ix Preface xi Introduction xv Part One. The Impact of Internal Politics in The Soviet Union on Soviet Jewry 1. Passing Eclipse: The Exodus Movement in the 1980s / Theodore H. Friedgut 3 2. The Soviet Public Anti-Zionist Committee: An Analysis / William Korey 26 3. Soviet Anti-Semitism Unchained: The Rise of the Historical and Patriotic Association, / Howard Spier 51 Part Two. Linkages between Soviet Foreign Policy and the Exodus of Soviet Jewry 4. Soviet Jewry as a Factor in Soviet-Israeli Relations / Robert O. Freedman 61 5. The West European Approach to the Soviet Jewry Problem / Howard Spier 97 6. Jewish, German, and Armenian Emigration from the USSR: Parallels and Differences / Sidney Heitman 115 Part Three. Alternative Strategies for Promoting the Emigration and Resettlement of Soviet Jews 7. Soviet-American Trade and Soviet Jewish Emigration: Should a Policy Change Be Made by the American Jewish Community / Marshall I. Goldman 141 Part Four. Patterns of Soviet Jewish Resettlement in the United States and Israel 8. Soviet Immigration Resettlement in Israel and the United States / Zvi Gitelman 163 9. Soviet Jewish Artists in the USSR and Israel: The Dynamics of Artistic Resettlement / Stephen Feinstein 186 Appendix 1. Soviet Jewish Emigration from the USSR 215 Appendix 2. The Jackson Amendment 216 Appendix 3. The 1987 Soviet Decree on Emigration 218 Appendix 4. Anti-Semitic Propagandists and Activists Identified with Pamyat 221 Appendix 5. Exchange of Letters 222 Notes 227 Bibliography 247 Contributors 253 Index 255