The History of Birobidzhan - Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia by Gennady Estraikh revolution The Mean-Spirited Knight

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The History of Birobidzhan - Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia by Gennady Estraikh revolution The Mean-Spirited KnightGennady Estraikh's book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the shtetl was widely used in Soviet propaganda as a perfect solution to the 'Jewish question', arguing that in reality, while being demographically and culturally insignificant, the JAR played a key, and essentially detrimental, role in determining Jewish rights and entitlements in the