David Shneer

New Jews

The End of the Jewish Diaspora

For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New...

Grief

The Biography of a Holocaust Photograph

Introduction: Introducing Grief -- The making of a war photographer and the German occupation of Kerch -- Witnessing Grief -- The aftermath of Grief -...

New Jews

The End of the Jewish Diaspora

For many contemporary Jews, Israel no longer serves as the Promised Land, the center of the Jewish universe and the place of final destination. In New...

Yiddish and the Creation of Soviet Jewish Culture

1918-1930

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Torah Queeries

Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible

A modernized, queer reading of the Torah. In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned eac...

Through Soviet Jewish Eyes

Photography, War, and the Holocaust

Most view the relationship of Jews to the Soviet Union through the lens of repression and silence. Focusing on an elite group of two dozen Soviet-Jewi...

Life in the City of Burning Dirt

Life in the City of Burning Dirt is the story of two 20-something gay Jewish Americans living in Boris Yeltsin's Moscow...