Jewish Migration in Modern Times - The Case of Eastern Europe

List of contents

Introduction – Jewish migration in modern times: the case of Eastern Europe 1. Mr. Lewinstein goes to parliament: rethinking the history and historiography of Jewish immigration 2. "Between the straits": Jewish immigration to the United States and Palestine, 1915–1925 3. Jewish emigration from communist Poland: the decline of Polish Jewry in the aftermath of the Holocaust 4. Surmounting obstacles to migration and repatriation amid Polish and Israeli nation-building 5. Swedish policy on Jewish immigration from Poland, 1968–1972 6. Conflicting visions: debates relating to Soviet Jewish emigration in the global arena 7. The emigration intentions of Russian Jews: the role of socio-demographic variables, social networks, and satisfaction with life 8. Media, politics, and Jewish migration from East Europe amid the military crisis in Ukraine, 2014–2015 9. The long silent revolution: capturing the life stories of Soviet-Jewish migrants to the West, 1970–2010 9A. That’s what I did 9B. Excerpt from "Now I know that there are other countries"

About the author

Semion Goldin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Mia Spiro is a Lecturer in Jewish Studies in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Scott Ury is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History, and Director of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Summary

This collection examines Jewish migration within, from and to eastern Europe since 1880. It asks what influenced the decision to immigrate and looks at the personal experience of migration and the critical role of individuals in larger historical processes. This book was originally published as a special issue of East European Jewish Affairs.

Product details

• Authors: Semion Spiro Goldin
• Assisted by: Semion Goldin (Editor), Mia Spiro (Editor), Spiro Mia (Editor), Scott Ury (Editor), Ury Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367660932
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66093-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Ethnic Studies, Eastern Europe, RELIGION / General, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to Jewish people and groups