000			02893cam a2200325 i 4500
001			409903
005			20210108173054.0
008			800707s1981 pau b 001 0beng
010			_a 80019448
020			_a0877222088 : _c$17.50
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
043			_an-us---
050	0	0	_aE 184 .J5 _bR334 1981
082	0	0	_a973/.04924 _aB _219
100	1		_aKann, Kenneth. _eauthor _enarrator _einterviewer _93034
245	1	0	_aJoe Rapoport : _bthe life of a Jewish radical / _cKenneth Kann.
260			_aPhiladelphia, PA : _bTemple University Press, _cc1981.
300			_axix, 297 pages : _bblack and white illustrations and portraits ; _c24 cm.
500			_aBiography written by Kenneth Kann, sourced from interviews and recollections voiced in the first person from the subject, Joe Rapoport.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [263] - 292) and index.
505	0		_a1. Stanislavchik -- 2. War and revolution -- 3. Emigration -- 4. America -- 5. Organizing the unorganized, 1929-34 -- 6. The Soviet Union, 1934 -- 7. United Front 1935-41 -- 8. "Evreiskii Vopros," the Jewish question -- 9. Jewish chicken ranchers and the Cold War -- 10. Travels in 1963: the Soviet Union, Israel, Brazil -- 11. The struggle continues.
520			_a"Joe Rapoport's experiences span the past half-century of American radicalism from the trade union movement to the protests against the war in Vietnam. Through the author, Joe tells the story of his life - growing up in the shtetl during the Russian Revolution, emigrating to America in 1920, organizing the knitting trade in New York City during the twenties and thirties, and joining the Jewish chicken ranching community in Petaluma, California, where he and his wife Sheba live today. During these years, Rapoport had a number of opportunities - a return visit to his village of Stanislavichik in the thirties and a trip in the sixties to the soviet union, Israel, and Brazil - to reflect on American radicalism and Judaism and their relationship to international events. Joe's inner struggle over how a Jew who believes in social justice should understand Israel, Palestine, and the Soviet Union is one of the most interesting sections of the book. Most other accounts of the American left wing have focused on leaders and party intrigues. This is one of the very few accounts of the labor movement from the viewpoint of rank and file, and it is one that provides a rare glimpse of the relationship between Yiddish culture and politics." - From book jacket.
600	1	0	_aRapoport, Joe. _93035
650		0	_aJews _zUnited States _xBiography. _93036
650		0	_aJewish radicals _zUnited States _xBiography. _93037
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xBiography. _93038
700	1		_aRapoport, Joe _einterviewee _93035
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eocip _f19 _gy-gencatlg
942			_cBOOKS _2lcc
999			_c725 _d725