Russian Jews on three continents : migration and resettlement / edited by Noah Lewin-Epstein, Yaacov Ro'i, and Paul Ritterband.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewin-Epstein, Noah.

Ro'i, Yaacov.

Ritterband, Paul.

Series:

Cummings Center series

The Cummings Center series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Soviet Union--Migrations.

Jews.

Jews, Russian.

Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Soviet Union.

Jews--Former Soviet republics--Migrations.

Jews, Russian--Israel--Social conditions.

Immigrants--Israe--Social conditions.

Jews, Russian--United States--Social conditions.

Soviet Union--Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration.

Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

United States.

Israel.

Physical Description:

ix, 557 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 1997.

Contents:

I. The Historical Setting

1. 'From a Northern Country': Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration to America and Israel in Historical Perspective / Zvi Gitelman 21

II. From Emigration to Absorption: Policy Formulation and Implementation

2. Soviet Policy towards Jewish Emigration

An Overview / Yaacov Ro'i 45

3. Ethnic and Related Factors in Soviet Emigration Policy, 1968-1989 / Laurie Salitan 68

4. The Impact of the United States on Soviet Emigration Policy / Richard Schifter 87

5. Israel's Immigration Policy and the Dropout Phenomenon / Yehuda Dominitz 113

6. The Quandaries of an Israeli Minister of Absorption / Yair Tzaban 128

7. Israel's Absorption Policy since the 1970s / Shmuel Adler 135

III. The Social Context of Emigration

8. The Interrelationship between Emigration and the Socio-Demographic Profile of Russian Jewry / Mark Tolts 147

9. Jewish Emigration from the Former USSR: Who? Why? How Many? / Robert J. Brym 177

10. Does the Country Gain or Lose from the Exodus of Jews? The Discussion in Russian Society / Eli Weinerman 194

11. Attitudes of Russians towards Jews and Their Emigration, 1989-94 / Alexej G. Levinson 222

IV. Social and Economic Absorption in Israel and the US

12. Soviet Jews in the United States: Language and Labour Market Adjustments Revisited / Barry R. Chiswick 233

13. Community Formation among Jews from the Former Soviet Union in the US / Steven J. Gold 261

14. Immigrants from the former USSR in Israel in the 1990s: Demographic Characteristics and Socio-Economic Absorption / Ari M. Paltiel, Eitan F. Sabatello, Dorith Tal 284

V. Cultural Change and Identity Dilemmas

15. Jewish Identity among Russian Immigrants in the US / Paul Ritterband 325

16. Culture Change, Border Crossings and Identity Shopping: Jewish Teenagers from the CIS Assess Their Future in Israel / Fran Markowitz 344

17. Identity and Language: The Social Insertion of Soviet Jews in Israel / Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Elite Olshtain, Idit Geijst 364

18. Motivation to Serve in the Israeli Army: The Gap between Cultural Involvement and Cultural Performance / Abraham Carmeli, Judith Fadlon 389

19. Is Living in Russia Worthwhile? / Leonid Gozman 406

20. The View from Kiev / Leonid Finberg 415

21. Twenty Years After / Alexander V. Voronel 421

VI. Impact on the Receiving Society

22. The Absorption of Soviet Immigrants into the Labour Market: Aspects of Occupational Substitution and Retention / Karnit Flug, Nitsa (Kaliner) Kasir, Gur Ofer 433

23. Yes to Immigration, but What about Immigrants? Local Attitudes to Immigrant Absorption / Noah Lewin-Epstein, Gila Menahem, Reuven Barham 471

24. Educating Lena: Women Immigrants and 'Integration' Policies in Israel

The Politics of Reproduction and Family Planning / Delila Amir, Larissa I. Remennick, Yuval Elmelech 495

25. Learning from Experience: Israeli Schools and the Task of Immigrant Absorption / Rita Sever 510.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714647268

0714642762

OCLC:

36477110