Molly Crabapple's Book Revives History of Anti-Zionist Jewish Labour Bund
This article reviews Molly Crabapple's new book, 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund,' which chronicles the rise and fall of the Jewish Labour Bund. Founded in 1897 in the Tsarist Empire, the Bund was a revolutionary socialist movement that championed Yiddish culture, internationalism, and solidarity across ethnic lines while actively opposing Zionism. The author contrasts the Bund's values of cosmopolitanism and collective liberation with what she describes as the current moral decline of modern Israel, specifically citing recent legislation regarding Palestinians. The book highlights the Bund's historical achievements, including its role in the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, its extensive social infrastructure in interwar Poland, and its leadership in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising before being suppressed by both Nazis and Soviet forces.
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Molly Crabapple's Book Revives History of Anti-Zionist Jewish Labour Bund
This article reviews Molly Crabapple's new book, 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund,' which chronicles the rise and fall of the Jewish Labour Bund. Founded in 1897 in the Tsarist Empire, the Bund was a revolutionary socialist movement that championed Yiddish culture, internationalism, and solidarity across ethnic lines while actively opposing Zionism. The author contrasts the Bund's values of cosmopolitanism and collective liberation with what she describes as the current moral decline of modern Israel, specifically citing recent legislation regarding Palestinians. The book highlights the Bund's historical achievements, including its role in the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, its extensive social infrastructure in interwar Poland, and its leadership in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising before being suppressed by both Nazis and Soviet forces.
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