From Russia to Israel – And Back?: Contemporary Transnational Russian Israeli Diaspora

Vladimir Ze’ev Khanin

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

From Russia to Israel – And Back?

Contemporary Transnational Russian Israeli Diaspora

Vladimir Ze’ev Khanin

Volume 49 in the series Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110668643

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About this book

Of about a million Jews that arrived to Israel from the (former) USSR after 1989 some 12% left the country by the end of 2017. It is estimated that about a half of them left "back" for the FSU, and the rest for the USA, Canada and the Western Europe. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of this specific Jewish Israeli Diaspora group through cutting-edge approaches in the social sciences, and examines the settlement patterns of Israeli Russian-speaking emigrants, their identity, social demographic profile, reasons of emigration, their economic achievements, identification, and status vis-à-vis host Jewish and non-Jewish environment, vision of Israel, migration interests and behavior, as well as their social and community networks, elites and institutions. Vladimir Ze’ev Khanin makes a significant contribution to migration theory, academic understanding of transnational Diasporas, and sheds a new light on the identity and structure of contemporary Israeli society. The book is based on the unique statistics from Israeli and other Government sources and sociological information obtained from the author’s first of this kind on-going study of Israeli Russian-speaking emigrant communities in different regions of the world.

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Vladimir Ze’ev Khanin, Bar-Ilan University and Israeli Ministry of Aliya and Integration, Israel.

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Chapter 1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Emigration of Russian-Speaking Israelis in the Context of Modern Jewish Emigration from Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter 3 Factors, Causes, and Motives for Russian-Jewish Emigration from Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Chapter 4 Israeli Community in Russia: Socioeconomic Structure, Ethnocultural Characteristics, and Demographic Dynamics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter 5 Identity and Identification of Israeli Citizens in FSU Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Chapter 6 Emigration, Religious Identity, and Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 7 Organizational Structure and Social Environment of the Israeli Communities in Russia, Ukraine, and Beyond Them Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Russian Israeli, “Hebrew Israeli”, and World Russian Jewish Diasporas: Conversions and Diversions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Index of persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Sociologists, political scientists, and Jewish Studies scholars with an interest in Israel, Russia, Diasporas, and Migration.
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 327
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Tables: 120
Keywords: „Russian“ Israel; Emigration; Transnational Diaspora

eBook

Published: November 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783110668643

Hardcover

Published: December 6, 2021
ISBN: 9783110665161