This volume provides new, groundbreaking views of Jewish life in various countries of the pro-Soviet bloc from the end of the Second World War until the collapse of Communism in late 1989. The authors, twelve leading historians and anthropologists from Europe, Israel and the United States, look at the experience of Jews under Communism by digging beyond formal state policy and instead examining the ways in which Jews creatively seized opportunities to develop and express their identities, ...

**Shortlisted by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) for Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly VolumePIASA's 2024 Anna M. Cienciala Award for Best-Edited Multi-Authored Scholarly Volume**Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish lands from the second half of the nineteenth century to the ou...