The New Jewish Diaspora: Russian-Speaking Immigrants in the by Zvi Gitelman,Mark Tolts,Uzi Rebhun,Marina Sapritsky,Jonathan

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By Zvi Gitelman,Mark Tolts,Uzi Rebhun,Marina Sapritsky,Jonathan Dekel-Chen,Hannah Pollin-Galay,Steven J. Gold,Olena Bagno-Moldavski,Yaacov Ro'i,Gur Ofer,Eliezer Ben-Rafael,Sveta Roberman,Elena Nosenko-Shtein,Nelly Elias,Julia Lerner,Anna Shternshis,Mikhail K

In 1900 over 5 million Jews lived within the Russian empire; this day, there are 4 instances as many Russian-speaking Jews dwelling outdoor the previous Soviet Union than there are in that zone. The New Jewish Diaspora is the 1st English-language learn of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. This migration has made deep marks at the social, cultural, and political terrain of many nations, specifically the U.S., Israel, and Germany. The individuals research the numerous methods those immigrants have tailored to new environments, whereas choosing the typical cultural bonds that proceed to unite them.

Assembling a global array of specialists at the Soviet and post-Soviet Jewish diaspora, the publication makes room for quite a lot of scholarly techniques, permitting readers to understand the importance of this migration from many various angles. a few chapters provide data-driven analyses that search to quantify the impression Russian-speaking Jewish populations are making of their adoptive international locations and their variations there. Others take a extra ethnographic method, utilizing interviews and observations to figure out how those immigrants combine their previous traditions and affiliations into their new identities. extra chapters research how, regardless of the oceans keeping apart them, individuals of this diaspora shape imagined groups inside of our on-line world and during literature, allowing them to maintain their shared tradition alive.

Above all, the students in The New Jewish Diaspora position the migration of Russian-speaking Jews in its old and social contexts, exhibiting the place it suits in the higher historical saga of the Jewish diaspora, exploring its dynamic engagement with the modern international, and pointing to destiny paths those immigrants and their descendants may possibly stick with.

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