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This document analyzes Jewish religious practices in Soviet Minsk in the interwar period, specifically the 1920s and mid-1950s. It finds that kosher butchering and circumcision continued, showing that Jewish life did not radically change after the Bolshevik Revolution. Even committed Communists maintained aspects of Jewish identity and religious practice. Studying religious practices in Minsk provides insight into how Soviet Jews navigated acculturation into Soviet society while still maintaining religious

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