ABSTRACT
In the past twenty years almost three quarters of a million Russian Jews have emigrated to the West. Their presence in Israel, Europe and North America and their absence from Russia have left an indelible imprint on these societies. The emigrants themselves as well as those who stayed behind, are in a struggle to establish their own identities and to achieve social and economic security
In this volume an international assembly of experts historians, sociologists, demographers and politicians join forces in order to assess the nature and magnitude of the impact created by this emigration and to examine the fate of those Jews who left and those who remained. Their wide-ranging perspectives contribute to creating a variegated and complex picture of the recent Russian Jewish Emigration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|23 pages
The Historical Setting
chapter 1|21 pages
‘From a Northern Country'
part 2|102 pages
From Emigration to Absorption
part 3|85 pages
The Social Context of Emigration
part 4|91 pages
Social and Economic Absorption in Isral and the US
chapter 12|28 pages
Soviet Jews in the United States
chapter 14|38 pages
Immigrants from the Former USSR in Israel in the 1990s
part 5|107 pages
Cultural Change and Identity Dilemmas
chapter 16|20 pages
Cultural Change, Border Crossings and Identity Shopping
chapter 18|17 pages
Motivation to Serve in the Israeli Army
part 6|110 pages
Impact on the Receiving Society