Zeev Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6089399 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zeev Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zeev |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | LEVIN Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9429-9637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Native, but unique
In the course of seven decades of Soviet rule, the republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia underwent tremendous transformations: civil wars, class purges, religious persecutions, liberation of the women of the East, accelerated urbanization and industrialization, collectivization, cultural revolution and language reforms, the turmoil of World War-II, Russification, and Sovietization. All of these combined with numerous waves of internal migrat…
Jews and their neighbours in Central Asia and Caucasus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
The Jewish presence in Central Asia and the Caucasus spans over a millennium, with the first significant records of Jewish communities appearing in the fourth century CE along the Silk Roads. Distinct Jewish groups, including Georgian Jews, Mountain Jews and Bukharan Jews, developed unique cultural identities and maintained close interactions with their non-Jewish neighbours, contributing significantly to local economies and societies. While thes…
From 'Mercy' to 'Banner of Labour
This paper presents the development and transformations of Bukharan Jewish newspapers and periodicals (1910–38) and situates them in the broader Central Asian mediascape. Over a period of 30 years, the Bukharan Jewish press was transformed from a pioneering privately owned enterprise that served the needs of the Jewish communities throughout Central Asia to one owned and regulated by the Soviet state, serving as a tool to transmit propaganda and …
Religious, national or cultural? A case study of frameworks for Jewish education in post-Soviet Central Asia
In post-Soviet Central Asia, Jewish educational frameworks were shaped by unique forces introduced by various Jewish organizations. This article describes and explains the unique formation of Jewish education in post-Soviet Central Asian republics, how it was revived and which organizations shaped it. The article presents and analyses various educational initiatives introduced by Jewish organizations and educational frameworks: formal and informa…
Bukharan Jews in the Soviet Union
This study presents a fresh and updated approach to writing the history of a specific group on the basis of oral testimony rather than official archival sources. The book is based on a series of in
Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II
Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II: German occupation, Soviet evacuation, and the imagined relationship between these two experiences." East European Jewish Affairs, 46(1), pp. 2–3
Collectivization and Social Engineering
Zeev Levin seeks to provide a comprehensive picture of government efforts to socialize the Jewish masses in Uzbekistan, a process in which the central Soviet government took part, together with the local, republican and regional administrations and Soviet Jewish activists. This research presents a chapter in the history of the Jews in Uzbekistan, as well as contributing to the study of the socialization process of the Jewish population in the USS…
Reportage
The Bukharan-Jewish Museum in Samarkand opened in 2008. It was not registered as an independent museum, but was created within the framework of the Samarkand Museum of Regional Studies (Samarqand V
From local to global
This article is a review of the development of the Bukharan Jewish community organization. It describes the transformations it has undergone in the twentieth century and examines the changes that Bukharan Jews underwent from demographic, social, and organizational perspectives, and the far-reaching processes that have occurred later in community organizations, particularly in light of the establishment of the World Congress of Bukharan Jewry in 2…
To the Tashkent Station. Evacuation and survival in the Soviet Union at war
Reportage
The Bukharan-Jewish Museum in Samarkand opened in 2008. It was not registered as an independent museum, but was created within the framework of the Samarkand Museum of Regional Studies (Samarqand V
From local to global
This article is a review of the development of the Bukharan Jewish community organization. It describes the transformations it has undergone in the twentieth century and examines the changes that Bukharan Jews underwent from demographic, social, and organizational perspectives, and the far-reaching processes that have occurred later in community organizations, particularly in light of the establishment of the World Congress of Bukharan Jewry in 2…
From 'Mercy' to 'Banner of Labour
This paper presents the development and transformations of Bukharan Jewish newspapers and periodicals (1910–38) and situates them in the broader Central Asian mediascape. Over a period of 30 years, the Bukharan Jewish press was transformed from a pioneering privately owned enterprise that served the needs of the Jewish communities throughout Central Asia to one owned and regulated by the Soviet state, serving as a tool to transmit propaganda and …
To the Tashkent Station. Evacuation and survival in the Soviet Union at war
From local to global
This article is a review of the development of the Bukharan Jewish community organization. It describes the transformations it has undergone in the twentieth century and examines the changes that Bukharan Jews underwent from demographic, social, and organizational perspectives, and the far-reaching processes that have occurred later in community organizations, particularly in light of the establishment of the World Congress of Bukharan Jewry in 2…
Collectivization and Social Engineering
Zeev Levin seeks to provide a comprehensive picture of government efforts to socialize the Jewish masses in Uzbekistan, a process in which the central Soviet government took part, together with the local, republican and regional administrations and Soviet Jewish activists. This research presents a chapter in the history of the Jews in Uzbekistan, as well as contributing to the study of the socialization process of the Jewish population in the USS…
Reportage
The Bukharan-Jewish Museum in Samarkand opened in 2008. It was not registered as an independent museum, but was created within the framework of the Samarkand Museum of Regional Studies (Samarqand V
Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II
Jews in the Soviet Union during World War II: German occupation, Soviet evacuation, and the imagined relationship between these two experiences." East European Jewish Affairs, 46(1), pp. 2–3
Bukharan Jews in the Soviet Union
This study presents a fresh and updated approach to writing the history of a specific group on the basis of oral testimony rather than official archival sources. The book is based on a series of in
Religious, national or cultural? A case study of frameworks for Jewish education in post-Soviet Central Asia
In post-Soviet Central Asia, Jewish educational frameworks were shaped by unique forces introduced by various Jewish organizations. This article describes and explains the unique formation of Jewish education in post-Soviet Central Asian republics, how it was revived and which organizations shaped it. The article presents and analyses various educational initiatives introduced by Jewish organizations and educational frameworks: formal and informa…
From 'Mercy' to 'Banner of Labour
This paper presents the development and transformations of Bukharan Jewish newspapers and periodicals (1910–38) and situates them in the broader Central Asian mediascape. Over a period of 30 years, the Bukharan Jewish press was transformed from a pioneering privately owned enterprise that served the needs of the Jewish communities throughout Central Asia to one owned and regulated by the Soviet state, serving as a tool to transmit propaganda and …
Native, but unique
In the course of seven decades of Soviet rule, the republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia underwent tremendous transformations: civil wars, class purges, religious persecutions, liberation of the women of the East, accelerated urbanization and industrialization, collectivization, cultural revolution and language reforms, the turmoil of World War-II, Russification, and Sovietization. All of these combined with numerous waves of internal migrat…
Jews and their neighbours in Central Asia and Caucasus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
The Jewish presence in Central Asia and the Caucasus spans over a millennium, with the first significant records of Jewish communities appearing in the fourth century CE along the Silk Roads. Distinct Jewish groups, including Georgian Jews, Mountain Jews and Bukharan Jews, developed unique cultural identities and maintained close interactions with their non-Jewish neighbours, contributing significantly to local economies and societies. While thes…
History (10 works) · History (9 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Soviet and Russian History (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Judaism (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works)