The New Jewish Diaspora : Russian-Speaking Immigrants in the United States, Israel, and Germany

Gitelman, Zvi (EDT)

Rutgers University Press（2016/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 338 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780813576282
• DDC分類 305.8924

Full Description

In 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. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. This migration has made deep marks on the social, cultural, and political terrain of many countries, in particular the United States, Israel, and Germany. The contributors examine the varied ways these immigrants have adapted to new environments, while identifying the common cultural bonds that continue to unite them.  Assembling an international array of experts on the Soviet and post-Soviet Jewish diaspora, the book makes room for a wide range of scholarly approaches, allowing readers to appreciate the significance of this migration from many different angles. Some chapters offer data-driven analyses that seek to quantify the impact Russian-speaking Jewish populations are making in their adoptive countries and their adaptations there. Others take a more ethnographic approach, using interviews and observations to determine how these immigrants integrate their old traditions and affiliations into their new identities. Further chapters examine how, despite the oceans separating them, members of this diaspora form imagined communities within cyberspace and through literature, enabling them to keep their shared culture alive.   Above all, the scholars in The New Jewish Diaspora place the migration of Russian-speaking Jews in its historical and social contexts, showing where it fits within the larger historic saga of the Jewish diaspora, exploring its dynamic engagement with the contemporary world, and pointing to future paths these immigrants and their descendants might follow.   

Contents

           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