ABSTRACT
This chapter compares the status of the two occupations to see whether a father aspires to more for his son, whether he will be satisfied to have his son occupy about the same status in Israel that he himself had occupied in his country of origin, or whether he is idealistic in the sense that he is willing to consider an occupation of lower social status than the one he had. Immigration usually involves considerable occupational change for the newcomers. This change stems partially from differences between the occupational structure of the countries of origin and the receiving society. Despite the fact that Israel may be characterized as a generally open society, upward mobility has not been a dominant value in the culture, as it has in the United States. In a society where occupations are handed down from father to son, it might be expected that the Jews' expectations would be more closely attuned to the social structure.
