universal, 65 values of, 28 writers as, 29 and Zionism, 102, 269 Mercury, 10, 29. See also Hermes meritocracy, 142, 158, 337, 339, 350, 369 Meromskaia, Tsafrira, 210, 221, 231, 238, 239, 272, 273, 354 Nostalgia? Never !, 256–57 messianism, 58–59, 91–93, 102, 103, 263, 268. See also religion Mickiewicz, Adam, 67, 71, 97 middle class. See bourgeoisie Middle East, 34 middlemen, 25, 34, 105, 112, 115, 123 migration: to European cities, 47 from Pale of Settlement, 257 to Palestine, 2, 210, 211, 212, 266–69 Russia as source of, 122, 149, 212 to Russian cities, 116, 117, 149 to Soviet cities, 2, 206, 210, 211 212–13, 216–19, 222, 223, 224, 238, 243 of Soviet Jews, 341, 354–59, 370 to United States, 2, 116–17, 149, 207, 210–11, 213–15, 260–66, 315, 357, 358–59, 368 Mikhoels, Solomon, 138, 290–91, 292, 294, 298, 311 Mil, M. L., 303 military, 114–15, 175, 225. See also Red Army; Whites millenarianism, 35, 91–92, 103, 269. See also religion Minc, Hilary, 314 mind. See intellect Mints, I. I., 302 Mishin, V. P., 335, 336 Mississippi Summer volunteers, 348–49 Mitin, M. B., 302 Mlynek, Anna, 232–33