Jewish hearts : a study of dynamic ethnicity in the United States and the Soviet Union / Betty N. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Betty N.

Series:

SUNY Series in Oral and Public History

SUNY series in oral and public history

SUNY series in Oral and Public History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Connecticut--Hartford--History--20th century.

Immigrants.

Jews--Migrations.

Jews.

Jews--Connecticut--Hartford--History--20th century.

Jews--Connecticut--Hartford--Identity.

Jews--Soviet Union--History.

Jews--Soviet Union--Identity.

Jews, Soviet--Connecticut--Hartford.

Jews, Soviet.

Hartford (Conn.)--Ethnic relations.

Hartford (Conn.).

Soviet Union--Ethnic relations.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ethnographic study compares and contrasts the changing ethnic identity of those Russian Jews who settled in Hartford, Connecticut between 1881 and 1930 with that of the Soviet Jews who remained in Russia after the Revolution, became Soviet citizens, and emigrated after 1975. Although both groups were labeled "Jews," their internal definitions of what constituted being Jewish and their personal experiences were radically different. Using both archival and contemporary oral histories, Betty N. Hoffman traces the stories of real people whose lives and choices were affected by both their ethnic identity and the larger movements around them as they made new homes in the United States.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Illustration""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Definitions and Demographics""; ""Russian Jews""; ""Soviet Jews""; ""American Jews""; ""Sources of Information""; """"The Literature""""; ""Theoretical Analysis in a Complex World""; ""THE TRANSFORMATION OF JEWISH LIFE IN TWO CONTEXTS, 1881-1970""; ""The Old Country""; ""The Search for a Niche In the Soviet World""; ""Die Goldene Medine: The Golden Land""; ""The Consolidation of the Hartford Jewish Community""

""EGYPT AND THE EXODUS, 1970-1984""""Egypt""; ""Jewish Identity""; ""Ethnicity: In the Community,at School, and at Work""; ""The Exodus""; ""THE PROMISED LAND, 1975-1984""; ""Selecting New Strategies for the New World""; ""Incorporating New Variables""; ""Involvement with Community Life""; ""Religion and Identity in the Promised Land""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-274) and index.

ISBN:

9780791490785

0791490785

OCLC:

794701314