The New Jewish Diaspora: Russian-Speaking Immigrants In The United States, Israel, And Germany - 9780813576299

Jews of Eastern Europe have immigrated in large numbers to countries like Israel, the United States, and Germany. This migration across international borders has created challenges for Russian-speaking Jews as they forge their cultural, national, and ethnic identities. Gitelman's collection gathers essays on the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora from scholars in a wide range of fields including sociology, anthropology, literature, political science, history, and demography. By taking a multidisciplinary approach, the volume explores the many issues involving Russian-speaking Jews and their diaspora. Areas of focus include demographically defining the people and the diaspora, and what connects these now separated groups; political attitudes of Russian-speaking Jews and the implications of their convictions; the malleability" of ethnicity and the process of how identity is recreated when transplanted in a new land; the effects migration has had on religiosity for Russian-speaking Jews; and analyzing the literary voices of writers within the diaspora. No previous volume has dealt in such depth with the ever-growing population of migrant Russian-speaking Jews"--

• | Author: Zvi Y. Gitelman
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 27, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 338 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 0813576296
• | ISBN-13: 9780813576299