{"product_id":"the-new-jewish-diaspora-russianspeaking-immigrants-in-the-united-states-israel-and-germany-9780813576299","title":"The New Jewish Diaspora RussianSpeaking Immigrants in the United States Israel and Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. \u003cem\u003eThe New Jewish Diaspora\u003c\/em\u003e is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A most intriguing read.\" * Haaretz *\u003cbr\u003e\"Between 1971 and 2009, some two million Jews left the Soviet Union, settling mainly in Israel, the U.S. and later, Germany. The focus of this study is on these immigrants and how they succeeded (or failed) to adapt to their new homes ... The essays, most by Israeli scholars, approach the subject from different perspectives, to determine what the creation of this new Jewish diaspora has meant to the three countries where most have settled, and to the immigrants themselves.\" * Chicago Jewish Star *\u003cbr\u003e\"An important contribution to the growing body of literature on contemporary Russian Jews around the world.\" -- David Shneer * University of Colorado *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe New Jewish Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Jewish Studies, Russian Studies, and Diaspora and Transnationalism. The thematic breadth and the complex questions this volume poses make it particularly well-suited to serve as a textbook for courses on diasporic\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eRussian-Jewish culture and society....\u003ci\u003eThe New Jewish Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to the study of diasporic Russian-Jewish culture and society.\" * Journal of Jewish Identities *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           List of Figures           List of Tables           AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Homelands, Diasporas, and the Islands in Between           Zvi GitelmanPart I              Demography: Who Are the Migrants and Where Have They Gone?Chapter 1      Demography of the Contemporary Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora             Mark ToltsChapter 2      The Russian-Speaking Israeli Diaspora in the FSU, Europe, and North America: Jewish Identification and Attachment to Israel             Uzi RebhunChapter 3      Home in the Diaspora? Jewish Returnees and Transmigrants in Ukraine             Marina SapritskyPart II             Transnationalism and DiasporasChapter 4      Rethinking Boundaries in the Jewish Diaspora from the FSU             Jonathan Dekel-ChenChapter 5      Diaspora from the Inside Out: Litvaks in Lithuania Today             Hannah Pollin-GalayChapter 6      Russian-Speaking Jews and Israeli Emigrants in the United States: A Comparison of Migrant Populations             Steven J. GoldPart III            Political and Economic ChangeChapter 7      Political Newborns: Immigrants in Israel and Germany             Olena Bagno-MoldavskiChapter 8      The Move from Russia\/the Soviet Union to Israel: A Transformation of Jewish Culture and Identity             Yaacov Ro’iChapter 9      The Economic Integration of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in Israel             Gur OferPart IV             Resocialization and the Malleability of EthnicityChapter 10      Russian-Speaking Jews in Germany              Eliezer Ben-RafaelChapter 11      Performing Jewishness and Questioning the Civic Subject among Russian-Jewish Migrants in Germany              Sveta RobermanChapter 12      Inventing a “New Jew”: The Transformation of Jewish Identity in Post-Soviet Russia               Elena Nosenko-ShteinPart V              Migration and Religious ChangeChapter 13      Post-Soviet Immigrant Religiosity: Beyond the Israeli National Religion               Nelly Elias and Julia LernerChapter 14      Virtual Village in a Real World: The Russian Jewish Diaspora Online               Anna ShternshisPart VI             Diaspora Russian LiteratureChapter 15      Four Voices from the Last Soviet Generation: Evgeny Steiner, Alexander Goldstein, Oleg Yuryev, and Alexander Ilichevsky             Mikhail KrutikovChapter 16      Poets and Poetry in Today’s Diaspora: On Being “Marginally Jewish”             Stephanie SandlerChapter 17      Triple Identities: Russian-Speaking Jews as German, American, and Israeli Writers             Adrian WannerAfterword: The Future of a Diaspora            Zvi GitelmanNotes on ContributorsIndex ","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742328619351,"sku":"9780813576299","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813576299.jpg?v=1758384304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-jewish-diaspora-russianspeaking-immigrants-in-the-united-states-israel-and-germany-9780813576299","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}