- Additional Authors
- Gitelman, Zvi Y.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages)
- Summary
- "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"--
- Uniform Title
- New Jewish diaspora (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2015032494
- OCLC
- ssj0001681454
- Title
The new Jewish diaspora [electronic resource] : Russian-speaking immigrants in the United States, Israel, and Germany / edited by Zvi Gitelman.
- Imprint
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Gitelman, Zvi Y.