Retsenzii i bibliografiia: Retsenzii: "Istoriia i kul'tura rossiiskogo i vostochnoevropeiskogo evreistva: Novye istochniki, novye podkhody. Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii", Moskva, 8-10 dekabria 2003 g./Red. O. V. Budnitskii, K. Iu....

This article presents a review of "The History and Culture of Russian and East European Jewry: New Sources, New Approaches," a collection of conference papers abot location and variety of primary sources, and questions of searches for self-identity. Aspects of sourcing include difficulties finding documents in archives, systematizing information, and dividing Jewish history into eras. Self-identification questions cover such topics as responding to censuses, literary representations of Jews, and the Russian Jewish diaspora. Gennadii Kostyrchenko addresses an under-researched topic: the Jewish Autonomous Republic in Crimea, its ties to the United States, and the "Crimean letter" signed by Solomon Mikhoels. This volume contains many useful materials on Jewish history, literature, and anthropology. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]