The Jewish Bund in Russia: From Its Origins to 1905

by Henry J. Tobias

Book by Tobias, Henry J.

Genres: Jewish, History

Hardcover

First published December 12, 1989

Reviews

[Benjamin Solidarity · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic read that I feel lucky to have gotten a hand on a copy. It should really come back in print. This exploration of the early history of the Jewish Bund is precisely the type of deep historical analysis I was looking for on this subject. So little is written about the Jewish Bund that to find such a systematic and thurough exploration of its early history is a real treat. My only regret is that it only cover the history of the Jewish Bund up to early 1906, I would really love one for 1906 through the 1920s next.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those rare finds that just makes you love books, libraries, bookstores and and book collectors even more. I found this at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, while researching materials on the Bund in the Kiev area. Discouraged, because I cannot read Yiddish, I was directed to this book by a wonderful librarian. It is in Yiddish, but all the captions are translated into English. There are photos of Jews in a Minsk prison in 1903 who were sentenced to 4 years of hard labor accused of killing a provocateur (one escaped!), women who ran underground printing presses, meetings of partisans in the forests of Poland....what faces, what stories!