"The Jewish Labour Bund was a revolutionary political party born in 1897 in the Czarist Empire that was secular, that was socialist, that was defiantly Jewish."
"What they believed was that you shouldn't have to go to somewhere else. And you should be able to have a beautiful, free life right there where you lived."
"The more I read these amazing books and letters and newspapers, the more I felt like I was doing necromancy, like I was speaking directly to the past, to my ancestors."
Molly Crabapple's book, "Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story Of The Jewish Bund," delves into the Jewish Labour Bund, a revolutionary political party founded in 1897 in the Czarist Empire. The Bund was secular, socialist, and defiantly Jewish, promoting the concept of 'hereness,' which emphasized living a fulfilling life in one's own land. Crabapple spent seven years researching the Bund, learning Yiddish, and traveling to Eastern Europe to uncover historical archives, feeling a deep connection to her ancestors through this exploration.
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