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Working-Class Jews and Left-Wing Political Cultures in the Americas
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This book examines the formation of the Jewish working class in the Americas. Focusing on popular experiences in urban areas, the chapters illuminate the pivotal role of Jewish immigrants in developing left-wing parties and labor unions across the continent. This volume offers a comparative perspective on issues of migration, Diaspora, and social integration in North and South America. The struggles for dignity, confrontations with xenophobia, and quest for social justice that defined the Jewish working class’s experience in the Americas resonate deeply with contemporary global challenges regarding migration and labor.
Walter L. Koppmann holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He is a permanent researcher at the Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana “Dr. Emilio Ravignani”, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina.
Raanan Rein is the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the Elias Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History at Tel Aviv University. Former Vice President of Tel Aviv University, Rein is the author and editor of dozens of books.
Stefan Rinke is a distinguished professor of history at the Institute for Latin American Studies and the Friedrich Meinecke-Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin. Rinke is currently directing a research project on Jewish remigration from Latin America to Berlin after 1945 funded by the Einstein Foundation.
Raanan Rein is the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the Elias Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History at Tel Aviv University. Former Vice President of Tel Aviv University, Rein is the author and editor of dozens of books.
Stefan Rinke is a distinguished professor of history at the Institute for Latin American Studies and the Friedrich Meinecke-Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin. Rinke is currently directing a research project on Jewish remigration from Latin America to Berlin after 1945 funded by the Einstein Foundation.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
Walter L. Koppmann, Raanan Rein, and Stefan Rinke
2 The Many Faces of the American Jewish Working Class
Hasia R. Diner
3 Striking Solidarity: Jewish Working-Class Activism in Canada from the Late 1800s to 1939
Ruth A. Frager
4 Proletarian, Working-Class, or Classless Jewish Immigrants: A Critical Revaluation
Igal Aisenber
5 Yiddish-Speaking Worlds of Labor and Left-Wing Political Cultures in Early Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires
Walter L. Koppmann
6 Working-Class Jews and Theater in Argentina: From the Dramatic Circles to the Idisher Folks Teater (IFT)
Paula Ansaldo
7 Three Generations, Two Dictators, One Social Class: The Jewish–Chilean Left in the Twentieth-Century
Gustavo Guzmán
8 Ideological Crossroads: The Jewish Left in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Daniela Gleizer
9 Work and Community Life among Jews in Rio de Janeiro in the First Half of the Twentieth-Century
Daniel Bitter
10 Leftist Jewish Refugees in Bolivia and Their Working Experiences (1937–1940)
Sandra Gruner-Domić
11 Whatever Happened to Working-Class Jews and Their Cultures?
David M.K. Sheinin
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
Walter L. Koppmann, Raanan Rein, and Stefan Rinke
2 The Many Faces of the American Jewish Working Class
Hasia R. Diner
3 Striking Solidarity: Jewish Working-Class Activism in Canada from the Late 1800s to 1939
Ruth A. Frager
4 Proletarian, Working-Class, or Classless Jewish Immigrants: A Critical Revaluation
Igal Aisenber
5 Yiddish-Speaking Worlds of Labor and Left-Wing Political Cultures in Early Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires
Walter L. Koppmann
6 Working-Class Jews and Theater in Argentina: From the Dramatic Circles to the Idisher Folks Teater (IFT)
Paula Ansaldo
7 Three Generations, Two Dictators, One Social Class: The Jewish–Chilean Left in the Twentieth-Century
Gustavo Guzmán
8 Ideological Crossroads: The Jewish Left in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Daniela Gleizer
9 Work and Community Life among Jews in Rio de Janeiro in the First Half of the Twentieth-Century
Daniel Bitter
10 Leftist Jewish Refugees in Bolivia and Their Working Experiences (1937–1940)
Sandra Gruner-Domić
11 Whatever Happened to Working-Class Jews and Their Cultures?
David M.K. Sheinin
Index
Students, scholars and anyone interested in American History, Latin American History, Jewish Studies, Migration Studies, and Diaspora Studies.