Wandering Jews : : global Jewish migration / / Steven J. Ross.

• Superior document: The Jewish role in American life: an annual review ; 18.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ross, Steven J.,
• Place / Publishing House: West Lafayette, Indiana : : Purdue University Press,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish role in American life ; 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages.)

"Despite the importance of historical and contemporary migration to the American Jewish community, popular awareness of the diversity and complexity of the American Jewish migration legacy is limited and largely focused upon Yiddish-speaking Jews who left the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe between 1880 and 1920 to settle in eastern and midwestern cities. Wandering Jews provides readers with a broader understanding of the Jewish experience of migration in the United States and elsewhere. It describes the record of a wide variety of Jewish migrant groups, including those encountering different locations of settlement, historical periods, and facets of the migration experience. While migrants who left the Pale of Settlement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are discussed, the volume's authors also explore less well-studied topics. These include the fate of contemporary Jewish academics who seek to build communities in midwestern and western college towns; the adaptation experience of recent Jewish migrants from Latin America, Israel, and the former Soviet Union; the adjustment of Iranian Jews; the experience of contemporary Jewish migrants in France and Belgium; the return of Israelis living abroad; and a number of other topics. Interdisciplinary, the volume draws upon history, sociology, geography, and other fields. Written in a lively and accessible style, Wandering Jews will appeal to a wide range of readers, including students and scholars in Jewish studies, international migration, history, ethnic studies, and religious studies, as well as general-interest readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

"Cleaniness Like That of the Germans": Eastern European Jews' Views of Germans and the Dynamics of Migration and Disillusionment -- Other Maps: Reflections on European Jewish Refugees' Migration to the United States in the Early Postwar Era -- "It's the Community That We've Made": Jewish Migration to East Lansing, Michigan, in the Postwar Era -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ABOUT THE USC CASDEN INSTITUTE

Cover -- Wandering Jews: Global Jewish Migration The Jewish Role in American Life -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION: RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN JEWISH MIGRATION STUDIES -- Jewish Identity among Contemporary Jewish Immigrants in the United States -- The Process of Immigration to the United States and the Acculturation of Iranian Jews -- Repatriating by Non-State Actors? The Emergence of (Skilled) Return Migration Industry in Israel -- Jews Residing in Three Cities in France and Belgium: Patterns of Ethnic Identity and Identification