Possibility and Peril: Jews and the Russian Revolution
Part of the learning series, You Say You Want a Revolution: ΊΪΑΟΙη Encounters with Radical Change
The Russian Revolution promised liberation and equality, but for Jews its legacy was far more complex. Dr. David Fishman examined the ΊΪΑΟΙη socialist movement known as the Bund, the revolutionary role of figures like Leon Trotsky, and Leninβs complex position on the βΊΪΑΟΙη question.β Through images and historical context, weβll consider how the Revolution promised liberation even as it imposed new constraints, and how radical politics reshaped ΊΪΑΟΙη identity and community in the Soviet era.
ΊΪΑΟΙη the Series
What does revolution look like in ΊΪΑΟΙη lifeβspiritual, social, technological, or political? This fall, join JTS scholars for a provocative webinar series exploring transformative moments across ΊΪΑΟΙη history. From the emergence of monotheism to the Russian Revolution, from handwritten manuscripts to digital frontiers, from summer camps to the Talmud, weβll consider how Jews have sparked, resisted, and reimagined change. Each session invites reflection on what revolution meansβthen and now.
