 | Jewish Russians: Upheavals in a Moscow Synagogue Subjects: Synagogues -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- History -- 20th century; Jews -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- History -- 20th century; Jews Georgian (Transcaucasian) -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jews Bukharan; Based on extensive fieldwork, Jewish Russians examines a population in crisis, in a city in crisis, in a state in crisis. Sascha Goluboff examines in depth a single community and the conflicts and struggles--sometimes physically violent ones--over control of its synagogue. She charts the demise of the elderly Russian Jewish community and the rise of a transnational one. Sascha L. Goluboff teaches cultural anthropology at Washington and Lee University. |
