Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe: The Bund at 100 The Bund at 100

A collection of new, scholarly articles on the Jewish Workers' Bund - the first modern Jewish political party in Eastern Europe - written by prominent academics from eight countries. This work represents a broad range of perspectives, Jewish and non-Jewis

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Jewish Politics in Eastern Europe: The Bund at 100 Edited by

Jack Jacobs Professor of Government John Jay College The City University of New York

Foreword by Feliks Tych Director Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw

in association with

the Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw

Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 5 © Jack Jacobs 2001 Foreword © Feliks Tych 2001 Chapters 1–4, 6–19 © Palgrave Publishers Ltd 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 978-0-333-75462-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 978-0-333-75463-4 ISBN 978-1-4039-1388-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403913883

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Contents

Frontispiece: Bundist meeting in Warsaw, 1930s Acknowledgments Preface Foreword by Feliks Tych List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors

PART I

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IN THE YEARS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

1

Khevres and Akhdes: the Change in Jewish Self-organization in the Kingdom of Poland before 1900 and the Bund François Guesnet

2

The Bundist Press: a Study of Political Change and the Persistence of Anachronistic Language during the Russian Period Susanne Marten-Finnis

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3

The Influence of the ‘Polish Question’ on the Bund’s National Program, 1897–1905 Joshua D. Zimmerman

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4

Russian Bundists Abroad and in Exile, 1898–1925 Claudie Weill

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PART II

3

THE BUND IN POLAND BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS

5

Creating a Bundist Counter-Culture: Morgnshtern and the Significance of Cultural Hegemony Jack Jacobs

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Kossovsky, Portnoy, and Others: the Role of Members of the Bund’s Founding Generation in the Interwar Polish Bund Gertrud Pickhan

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The Bund: History of a Schism Abraham Brumberg

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Contents

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The Bund Organization in Lodz, 1898–1939 Pawe´l Samus´

9

The Bund’s Contribution to Yiddish Culture in Poland between the Two World Wars Nathan Cohe