Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur - Simon Dubnow
Das Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur – Simon Dubnow (DI) erforscht interdisziplinär und epochenübergreifend jüdische Lebenswelten im mittleren und östlichen Europa.
The World Tour of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee - Dubnow Institute Privacy PolicyWe use cookies in order to access content and functions of various social media and to analyze the traffic on our website. The use of essential cookies is necessary for the website to function properly. All further information can be found in our Data Protection Declaration.Accept essentialAccept statisticalAccept all Skip to main contentInstituteAbout usPeopleOrganizationHistoryNetworkPressOpportunitiesResearchResearch UnitsFocal ProjectsForumPublicationsProfileSeriesSearchEventsProgramFormatsSearchVirtual ArchiveCoursesProfileCurrent SemesterSearchLibraryUseCollectionsResearchAbout Simon DubnowPressHow to reach us Goldschmidtstraße 28 04103 Leipzig+49 341 21735-50sekretariat@dubnow.dedeenSearchBarrierefreiheitDruckenBarrierefreiheitKontrast hochKontrast normalAAYou are here:Dubnow InstituteResearchDie Welttournee des Jüdischen Antifaschistischen Komitees Research Unit Politics The World Tour of the Jewish Anti-Fascist CommitteeA Case Study of the Notion of Jewish UnityThis research project focuses on a unique six-month world tour undertaken in the latter half of 1943 by the Soviet Jews Solomon Mikhoels and Itsik Fefer, who as representatives of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee visited numerous cities in North America and the United Kingdom. Their mission was to promote international Jewish unity in the fight against National Socialism and to solicit military, material, and financial support for the Soviet Union. Tens of thousands of Jews attended the rallies featuring the two Soviet delegates. The world tour was the climax of an appeal launched by Soviet Jews in the wake of the German invasion of their country, during which they called for the fraternization of Jewries across national and political boundaries.This trip illuminates the first ever rapprochement to take place since the October Revolution between Soviet Jewry on the one hand and American and British Jewry on the other, sparked by the Holocaust and the German war of annihilation. Indeed, this rapprochement was only made possible by the exceptional threat they faced at the time, which did not last beyond the end of the war. During this apparent window of opportunity for a rapprochement between East and West, representatives of international Jewish organizations discussed with their Soviet guests mutual ideas to improve the situation of European Jewries and to revive Jewish life after the end of the war.Proceeding from the multiple self-conceptions of the two travelers, this study examines the notion of Jewish unity and its political, cultural, and artistic aspects. Of particular interest is the role of Yiddish, which served as the lingua franca during the world tour and through which a transnational sense of Jewish belonging was established on the basis of mutual experiences.This research project is part of the interdisciplinary joint project »The Short Life of Soviet Yiddish Literature« funded by the »Leibniz Collaborative Excellence« program of the 2020 Leibniz Competition.ContactDr. Jakob StürmannRecently published Studies of the Simon Dubnow Institute Volume 29 Jeder Bürger Soldat Christhardt Henschel Göttingen 2024 Magazine # 06 2022: Objektiv Jewish History & Culture. Magazine of the Dubnow Institute Ed. by Yfaat Weiss Berlin 2022Just published on Mimeo Mimeo Is the War Over Yet? Yiddish and Hebrew Literature in Israel Jowita Pańczyk 18 December 2023 Mimeo Verschwiegene Kritik Die Ausstellung »Monumenta Judaica« und ihre Fehlstellen Julia Roos 3 November 2023 Events Book Presentation Dovid Bergelson, »Die Welt möge Zeuge sein« Book presentation and Yiddish-German readingmit Sabine Koller und Alexandra Polyan Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 7.30 p.m. Literaturhaus Leipzig News DI on the Go 23 January 2024 Leipzig Möglichkeiten und Grenzen jüdischer Teilhabe an sächsischen Hochschulen Lecture by Lisa Pribik DI on the Go 17 January 2024 Leipzig Der geplante antizionistische Schauprozess gegen Gábor Péter 1953 in Ungarn Lecture by Alexandra Bandl DI on the Go 20 December 2023 Bayreuth Nationalsozialismus und Kolonialismus. Der Fall Gillo Pontecorvo Lecture by PD Dr. Jan GerberData ProtectionImprintNewsletterdeen