First Published: 1961.
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What Was the Past?
The Revolution–Hope and Realization
The New Heirs of the Problem
Chapter One: Russia, 1934–Alibi and Promise
People and Places
Out of Vladivostok
Chapter Two: Russia, 1946–Ruin and Hope
The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
Men About the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
Traveling with Fefer
The Jewish Community
Chapter Three: Russia, 1959–Stark Reality
The Black Years
Realities, 1959
The Jewish Situation in 1959
The Plot Against the Writers
Parade of Shadows
“Next Year in Jerusalem”
Meeting Young Israelis
A Frank Discussion
Chapter Four: The Dream That Failed
Visit to Birobidjan
Why Birobidjan?
Two Missed Opportunities
Cracks in the Wall
Four Eyewitnesses
End of Hope
Chapter One: The Problem As a Whole
Chapter Two: A National Culture Reduced to Ashes
Heyday of Proletarian Culture
In the Theoretical Labyrinth
The Basis of the Soviet Jewish Policy
Chapter Three: A Religion Gasping for Breath
Chapter Four: Once Again “Economically Peculiar”
Appendix: Historical Background