New Course on Jews and the Russian Revolution
enemies of the Russian Revolution, from a handmade Yiddish
book produced in a Jewish orphanage in Bershad (now Bershad’,
Ukr.), 1924. (YIVO)
YIVO’s Max Weinreich Center is proud to announce a special 6-session course on Jews and the Russian Revolution, which will be taught by Professor Steven Zipperstein of Stanford University, YIVO's first Jacob Kronhill Visiting Scholar.
The course will take place on Monday evenings, 7:00-8:30 pm April 28-June 16, 2014.
By 1918, Russia's military was in the hands of Leon Trotsky, its peace negotiations were headed by Adolf Abramovich Joffe (a Karaite), and its Marxist opposition to Lenin was led by Iulii Martov, born Zederbaum. It was in the midst of this political/cultural cauldron that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion gained traction. The course will examine this riveting and confounding moment with the use of primary sources including press, material culture, and literature drawn from the unmatched resources of YIVO's collections.