Jewish politics and community-building in the former Soviet Union

Discusses Jewish community organization in the late-Soviet and post-Soviet eras, focusing on Russia, Ukraine, and Israel (Russian speakers); 6 articles. Contents: Institutionalization of the post-communist Jewish movement: organizational structures, ruling elites, and political conflicts, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin; Organized national life of Russian Jews in the late Soviet and post-Soviet era: a view from Moscow, by Eugene Satanovsky; the Phoenix revisited--the Jewish community of Russia since Perestroika: a view from Jerusalem, by Theodore H. Friedgut; Welfare policy and social security in post-communist Jewish communities: the case of Ukraine, by Yosef Zissels; Spiritual potential of the communal revival: Yiddish culture and post-Soviet Jewry, by Velvl Chernin; Principles of teaching Hebrew and Jewish subjects to Russian speakers in the FSU and Israel, by Michael Yedavitsky (summary in English, article in Hebrew following p. 135).