Author: Dan A Jacobs Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000313476 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 131
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During the 1970s the Soviet Union allowed large numbers of its citizens to emigrate, the first major group allowed to leave in five decades. The number of emigres peaked in 1979, with 50,000 persons leaving the USSR—most of them Soviet Jews, most of them bound for the United States. This book studies this most recent of three major influxes of Soviet Jews into the United States. Using case studies based on six major cities, it considers where the immigrants came from, why they came, how they feel about the Soviet regime and people, what their occupations were in the USSR, and how they are adjusting to social and professional life in the United States. Their responses are compared with those of earlier immigrants to draw conclusions about the role the "third wave" may play in U.S. life. The interviews also shed light on current political, social, and economic conditions in the Soviet Union.
Author: Piet Buwalda Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press ISBN: 9780801856167 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 324
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Drawing of his experience as former Dutch ambassador to the USSR, Petrus Buwalda recounts the full story of the "refuseniks", whose immigration to Israel was by way of Holland.
Author: Laurie P. Salitan Publisher: Springer ISBN: 134909756X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 187
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According to this study, Soviet policy toward Jewish emigration is ruled by domestic affairs rather than foreign. It challenges the view that the exodus from the USSR is related to the superpower climate, and offers a comparison with Soviet-German emigration.
Author: Rita J. Simon Publisher: VNR AG ISBN: 9780275957315 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 204
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From 1870 to 1900, over a half million Russian Jews came to the United States. Russian Jewish emigration had ceased by the 1920s due to the effects of the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Quota Acts, but a century later, Jews from the former Soviet Union began to emigrate in large numbers. This detailed account describes the motivations of Russian and Soviet Jews for leaving their homeland and their subsequent adjustments to life in the United States. Simon, a sociologist, provides insight into who these Jewish immigrants were and are, what they accomplished, and how they have been viewed.
Author: Mikhail Denisenko Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 303036075X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 552
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This book discusses international migration in the newly independent states after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which involved millions of people. Written by authors from 15 countries, it summarizes the population movement over the post-Soviet territories, both within the newly independent states and in other countries over the past 25 years. It focuses on the volume of migration flows, the number and socio-demographic characteristics of migrants, migration factors and the situation of migrants in receiving countries. The authors, who include demographers, economists, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists, used various methods and sources of information, such as censuses, administrative statistics, the results of mass sample surveys and in-depth interviews. This heterogeneity highlights the multifaceted nature of the topic of migration movements.
Author: Noah Lewin-Epstein Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135215537 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 578
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In the past twenty years almost three quarters of a million Russian Jews have emigrated to the West. Their presence in Israel, Europe and North America and their absence from Russia have left an indelible imprint on these societies. The emigrants themselves as well as those who stayed behind, are in a struggle to establish their own identities and to achieve social and economic security In this volume an international assembly of experts historians, sociologists, demographers and politicians join forces in order to assess the nature and magnitude of the impact created by this emigration and to examine the fate of those Jews who left and those who remained. Their wide-ranging perspectives contribute to creating a variegated and complex picture of the recent Russian Jewish Emigration.
Author: Robert Owen Freedman Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 200
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"The exodus of more than 250,000 Soviet Jews during the 1970s has opened a window for the authors of this volume to gain significant new insights into the essentially closed society and political decision-making process of the Soviet Union. Divided into two parts, the book first analyzes the nature and development of Soviet anti-Semitism as well as examining the effects of world pressure from 1971 to 1980 on the Soviet government's decision to allow Soviet Jews to emigrate. It then offers useful cross-cultural comparisons of the emigration experience, with a specific focus on Soviet-Jewish resettlement in Israel and the United States"--Page preceding title page.
Author: Boris Mozorov Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135258376 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 303
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This is a collection of Soviet documents relating to the struggle for Jewish emigration. They reveal those aspects of the problem which most preoccupied the leadership and the factors which had the greatest impact on the decision-making process.
Author: Fred A. Lazin Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739161415 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 372
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Until 1989 most Soviet Jews wanting to immigrate to the United States left on visas for Israel via Vienna. In Vienna, with the assistance of American aid organizations, thousands of Soviet Jews transferred to Rome and applied for refugee entry into the United States. The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics examines the conflict between the Israeli government and the organized American Jewish community over the final destination of Soviet Jewish ZmigrZs between 1967 and 1989. A generation after the Holocaust, a battle surrounded the thousands of Soviet Jewish ZmigrZs fleeing persecution by choosing to resettle in the United States instead of Israel. Exploring the changing ethnic identity and politics of the United States, Fred A. Lazin engages history, ethical dilemma, and diplomacy to uncover the events surrounding this conflict. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of public policy, immigration studies, and Jewish history.
Author: Dan A Jacobs
Author: Piet Buwalda
Author: Laurie P. Salitan
Author: Rita J. Simon
Author: Mikhail Denisenko
Author: Noah Lewin-Epstein
Author: Robert Owen Freedman
Author: Boris Mozorov
Author: Yaacov Ro'i
Author: Fred A. Lazin