Russian Jews on Three Continents - Identity, Integration, And Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Larissa Remennick Klappentext In the early 1990s, more than 1.6 million Jews from the former Soviet Union emigrated to Israel, the United States, Canada, Germany, and other Western countries Zusammenfassung In the early 1990s, more than 1.6 million Jews from the former Soviet Union emigrated to Israel, the United States, Canada, Germany, and other Western countries Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Soviet Jewry and the Dilemma of Emigration; 2: Newcomers in the Promised Land: Integration or Separatism?; 3: Soviet Jews in the U.S.: Chasing the American Dream; 4: "Being a Woman is Different Here": Changing Attitudes towards Femininity, Sexuality, and Gender Roles among Former Soviet Women Living in Greater Boston 1; 5: Former Soviet Jews in Toronto, Canada; 6: The Promised Land in the Heart of Europe: Identity and Social Incorporation among Former Soviet Jews in Germany; 7: Lost Relatives or Strangers? Jews or Former Soviets? In Search of the Common Denominator

Product details

• Authors: Larissa Remennick, Remennick Larissa, Larissa Remmenick
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2006
• EAN: 9780765803405
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0340-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples