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review December 2025

Jewish belonging in East-Central Europe

Review by Kamil Kijek
A black-and-white portrait of an older man with neatly combed gray hair and a mustache, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie. He is seated and smiling softly, looking slightly toward the camera. The background consists of plain, light-colored tiles.
In Uprooting the Diaspora (Indiana University Press, 2023), Sarah A. Cramsey examines changes in the transnational patterns of thinking about Jewish belonging in Poland and Czechoslovakia, through three distinct historical periods: the interwar period, the Holocaust, and the early post-war periods. Kamil Kijek writes that the book is a fascinating study of transnationalism that transgresses not only state borders but also the boundaries of nations.
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