91. How The Soviet Jew Was Made (with Sasha Senderovich)

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February 2, 2023 • 56 mins

This week: About 100 years ago, in the wake of the Russian Revolution and the pogroms that followed, millions of Jews in Eastern Europe became Soviet Jews. But what really is a Soviet Jew? And how does that history affect Jews today? That’s what I talk about with UW Professor Sasha Senderovich.

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