# Event Details - **Event Name**: "Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life" with Elissa Bemporad - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: "Jews in the Soviet Union, Volume 1: 1917 – 1930: Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life"About this EventIIJS is pleased to welcome Elissa Bemporad for a talk on her recent book, Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life. Please join us on Wednesday, March 11, at 12:00 p.m. ET, at 617 Kent Hall. Jews in the Soviet Union, a new multi-volume history, is an unprecedented undertaking. This groundbreaking work draws on rare access to documents from the Soviet archives, allowing for the presentation of a sweeping history of Jewish life in the Soviet Union from 1917 through the early 1990s. Authored by Elissa Bemporad, Volume 1, Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life, tells the story of the ways in which Jews endured, adjusted to, and participated in the Soviet system both as individuals and as part of a Jewish collectivity during the first decade of its existence. The volume explores Jewish cultural, political, and social life in the different regions of the Soviet Union, integrating gender and women’s issues, narratives of historical elites and ordinary folk. It focuses on everyday life and discusses the fate of Jews in the Soviet Union both as Soviet citizens and as Jews. Chronicling the ways in which different Jews became Soviet in the 1920s, the volume reveals how the lines of contact between Jews in the Soviet Union and the outside world fluctuated between open antagonism and impassioned support.Elissa Bemporad is Professor of History and Chair in East European Jewish History and the Holocaust at Queens College and the Graduate Center - CUNY. She is a two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Bemporad is the author of three monographs, including Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual M**der in the Lands of the Soviets (Oxford University Press, 2019), and the editor of several volumes, including, most recently, Pogroms: A Documentary History (Oxford University Press, 2021) and The Destruction of Dubova: Chronicle of a Dead City (Bloomsbury 2025). Her work has appeared in different languages, including French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian, and Russian. *Guests must register by Monday, March 9, to be approved for campus access; unregistered guests will not be permitted on campus. Each guest must register individually using a unique email address.Supported by the generosity of the Kaye and Radov families.While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/revolution-civil-war-and-new-ways-of-life-with-elissa-bemporad/100001975881848799 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University - **lat**: 40.807211 - **long**: -73.96135879999997 - **full address**: Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University, 617 Kent Hall, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: "Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life" with Elissa Bemporad - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/78c636c94cfd85494b2a4ef5c6725e41f561ae1e6461dea5fa647a4d7f0eb0a0-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1764743722 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is "Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life" with Elissa Bemporad being held? - **A:** "Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life" with Elissa Bemporad takes place on Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University, 617 Kent Hall, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing "Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life" with Elissa Bemporad? - **A:** "Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life" with Elissa Bemporad is organized by The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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