The Soviet Jewish Americans
By: Annelise Orleck ; photographs by Elizabeth Cooke
Series: Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life; Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Publisher: Brandeis University Press published by University Press of New England; University Press of New England
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781584651383
Subjects: Soviet Jews; Jews; Social conditions; Immigrants; Ethnic relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: What they left behind and why they left; title: Remembering Soviet Jewish life; title: How and why they left; title: What they found and what they created in the United States; title: Settling Soviet Jewish America: New York and beyond; title: Gender and generation: the varied rhythms of acculturation; title: Epilogue: Personal and political transformations; title: Soviet Jewish life in the United States after 25 years of immigration.