Ebook: 1929: Mapping the Jewish World

This publication surveys the Jewish world in one year offering clear examples of the transnational connections which linked Jews to each other. It explores 1929, which was a major turning point in interwar Jewish society.;Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART I: GLOBAL TIES; 1 Living Locally, Organizing Nationally, and Thinking Globally: The View from the United States; 2 Jewish Diplomacy at a Crossroads; 3 The Stalinist "Great Break" in Yiddishland; 4 Permanent Transit: Jewish Migration during the Interwar Period; 5 Polish Jewry, American Jewish Immigrant Philanthropy, and the Crisis of 1929; 6 Jewish American Philanthropy and the Crisis of 1929: The Case of OZE-TOZ and the JDC; 7 Territorialism and the ICOR "American Commission of Scientists and Experts" to the Soviet Far East; PART II: LOCAL STORIES.