Jews in Western Belarus: remembering 1939
Jews in Western Belarus: remembering 1939 Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky After the end of the civil war in the territory of the former Russian Empire and the signing of the Riga Peace [...]
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Ilya Lensky: Jews were perceived as the least politically problematic minority in interwar Latvia
Ilya Lensky: Jews were perceived as the least politically problematic minority in interwar Latvia During the interwar period, Latvia was the home of sizeable and vibrant Jewish community. Its [...]
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Belarusian-Jewish intercultural dialogue during the Belarusian nation-building
Belarusian-Jewish intercultural dialogue during the Belarusian nation-building Interaction of cultures was a very popular issue in the Soviet historiography. It remains widespread in the modern Belarusian historiography. Previously, interaction of [...]
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Leonid Smilovitsky: early Soviet policy towards Jewish identity and culture was a combination of demagogy and pragmatism
Leonid Smilovitsky: early Soviet policy towards Jewish identity and culture was a combination of demagogy and pragmatism According to the 1926 Soviet population census, there were 407,059 Jews in the [...]
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Leonid Smilovitsky: Jewish places of memory in Belarus have a huge educational potential
Leonid Smilovitsky: Jewish places of memory in Belarus have a huge educational potential Belarus and Israel have much in common. Among the founding fathers of the State of Israel and [...]