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A review by ajkhn
Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism by Sylvie Klingberg, Alain Brossat
3.0
This book definitely shows its age at this point, but it was a really educational look at European Jewish 20th C. history. It was very rewarding to not just see Zionist tales of Jewishness, but how several streams of Jewish identity wove together in this time and space.
The actual reading wasn't very great — it's a bunch of memoirs pieced together, essentially. And the writer is a little quick to defend Stalinism and some of the more reactionary elements of the communist project. I am incredibly glad this book exists and that I read it, even if I didn't enjoy reading every bit of it.
The actual reading wasn't very great — it's a bunch of memoirs pieced together, essentially. And the writer is a little quick to defend Stalinism and some of the more reactionary elements of the communist project. I am incredibly glad this book exists and that I read it, even if I didn't enjoy reading every bit of it.