Marat Grinberg’s academic volume The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry, Brandeis UP, 2022) is an important book for the authors of this blog for personal and professional reasons as it reflects on a large body of work that we grew up with and have returned to in professional contexts. In its contributions toward re-defining Soviet Jewish identity in positive terms–as thick and multidirectional–it allows us to reshape our personal narratives and forge a path toward future research and creative projects.

Today we’re highlighting our responses to this book and encourage our readers to continue this conversation.

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