Studies of the Third Wave: Recent Migration of Soviet Jews to the United States: Recent Soviet Jewish Immigration to the United States

ISBN-13: 9780367289089 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 186 str.

Dan A. Jacobs; Ellen F. Paul

Opis

This book considers where the Jewish 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, using case studies based on six major cities.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Community Studies -- Soviet Immigrants and American Absorption Efforts: A Case Study in Detroit -- The Resettlement of Soviet Jewish Emigrés: Results of a Survey in Baltimore -- Soviet-Jewish Immigrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul: Attitudes and Reactions to Life in America -- The New Soviet Migration in Cincinnati -- Individual Reactions: The Emigré Experience -- An Improbable Meeting: A Lasting Friendship -- From Moscow to Houston: An Uneasy Journey of the Spirit -- Conversations with Russian Emigrés in Cincinnati