Russian-Jewish emigrants after the Cold War
Subtitle: perspectives from Germany, Israel, Canada, and the United States
By: edited by Olaf Gloeckner, Evgenija Garbolevsky, and Sabine von Mering.
Contributors: Gloeckner, Olaf.; Garbolevsky, Evgenija.; Von Mering, Sabine.; Brandeis University. Center for German and European Studies.
Publisher: Brandeis University
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Waltham, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Jews -- Russia (Federation) -- 20th century.; Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- 20th century.; Jews, Russian -- Migrations -- 20th century.; Russia (Federation) -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century.
Notes: "A collection of articles based on a symposium held at Brandeis University in the spring of 2004"--T.p.

"Published by the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis University with generous support from the European Recovery Program (ERP)"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Vayis'u Vayahanu [And they traveled and they encamped] : the nature and consequences of Soviet/Post-Soviet Jewish migration / by Zvi Gitelman; value: No reason for "sitting on packed suitcases" : Russian-Jewish immigrants finding their home in modern Jewish society / by Julius H. Schoeps; value: Israeli and Russian Jews : gendered perspectives on settlement and return / by Steven J. Gold; value: Building the Russian-Jewish Community in North America : the case of Boston / by Irene Belozersky and Ariel Borschevsky; value: Layered identities : Jews from the former Soviet Union in Toronto / by Rina Cohen; value: Soviet Jews in the new/old homeland : between integration and separatism / by Larissa Remennick; value: Recollection and relocation in immigration : Russian-Jewish immigrants "normalize" their anti-Semitic experiences / by Tamar Rapoport, Edna Lmosky-Feder, and Angelika Heider; value: Only renowned immigrants are mentioned in the press : German media and the Russian-Jewish minority from 1990 to 2005 / by Olaf Gloeckner; value: Foreigners in wonderland : a critical view of the expectations and experiences among Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Berlin / by Judith Kessler; value: Between ethnocentrism, Israeli-centrism, and cosmopolitism : analyzing the national identity of the Russian-speaking Jewry / by Alek Epstein and Nina Kheimets.