ABSTRACT
Immigrants who perceive their stay in the host country as a temporary situation are known as sojourners. This chapter analyzes the relationships between types of orientation towards the place of residence and ethnic expressions of Israeli immigrants in Chicago. The 'Sojourner' concept was introduced by Paul Siu in his study of Chinese laundrymen in Chicago. Siu's portrayal of the sojourner as a distinct type of stranger is related to the well-established concepts of Georg. Simmel's 'stranger', and Robert Park's 'marginal man'. The explanatory power of the 'sojourner' concept rests on its definition as a type of orientation expressed by immigrants. The sociological literature on immigrants in America was dominated for many years by the 'melting pot' theory. The chapter lays out the manifestations of the 'settler' orientation as expressed by the lower-status Israeli immigrants. The lower-status Israeli immigrants in this study are characterised by their notion of a permanent move to the host country.
