“Произведите нас в жиды!”: Émigrés’ Debates on Jewish Diasporic Solidarity
“Произведите нас в жиды!”: Émigrés’ Debates on Jewish Diasporic Solidarity
Author(s): Maria Gatti RacahSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Jewish studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Nationalism Studies, History of Antisemitism, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Russian emigres; Jewish solidarity; myth of Judeo-Bolshevism; anti-Jewish discourse; diaspora and identity
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the evolution of a discourse on Jewish solidarity in Russian emigre communities during the 1920s. It explores the reception of Soviet plans for Jewish colonization in Crimea, the debates triggered by the works of Shul’gin, who systematized this notion, and Amfiteatrov’s “Stena Placha.” This discourse is crucial to understanding the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment among the Russian intelligentsia in exile, even within the liberal faction. Additionally, a parallel emerges between the Russian and Jewish exilic experience, which prompts a reflection on the very identity of the Russian diaspora. The perception of a supposed “cohesion instinct” of the Jewish people becomes a mirror in which emigres attempt to define (or redefine) their own sense of belonging and national solidarity, thereby showing how dynamics of self-representation intertwine with the construction of new stereotypes and xenophobic sentiments.
Journal: Iudaica Russica
- Issue Year: 14/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-20
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
