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Jewish Communists in 1930s New York with Matthew Hoffman

Monday, February 22, 2010 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM (MT)

Boulder, CO

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Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 4 PM
University of Colorado at Boulder
University Memorial Center Room 353
Boulder, CO 80301

Presented by the Program in Jewish Studies at CU-Boulder

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Free and open to the public RSVP's appreciated as space is limited

This Lecture by Professor Matthew Hoffman takes a look at the complex identity of Yiddish-speaking American communists and how they viewed their Jewish identity in relationship to their communism. Despite their commitment to communism and opposition to Jewish particularism, the Yiddish-speaking communists created a uniquely Jewish form of communist culture.