American Israelis - Rebhun, Uzi; Ari, Lilach Lev
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This book is a scientific and comprehensive analysis of Israelis who live in the United States. Using different complementary sources of data, and through cutting-edge approaches in the social sciences, this volume examines the settlement patterns of the Israeli immigrants, their social profile, their economic achievements, their Americanization processes, as well as the nature and rhythm of their Jewish identification including changes in attachment to the homeland. The characteristics of the immigrants shed light on Israeli society. At the same time they also have important implications for…mehr

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This book is a scientific and comprehensive analysis of Israelis who live in the United States. Using different complementary sources of data, and through cutting-edge approaches in the social sciences, this volume examines the settlement patterns of the Israeli immigrants, their social profile, their economic achievements, their Americanization processes, as well as the nature and rhythm of their Jewish identification including changes in attachment to the homeland. The characteristics of the immigrants shed light on Israeli society. At the same time they also have important implications for the Jewish community in the host country and on Jewish continuity in America.
Autorenporträt
Uzi Rebhun, Ph.D. (1997) in Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew University. He has published extensively on Jewish migration, Jewish identification and the Jewish family including Migration, Community and Identification: Jews in Late 20th Century America (Magnes, 2001 in Hebrew). Lilach Lev Ari, Ph.D. (2002) in Social Sciences from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is Senior Lecturer and Head, Sociology Department, Oranim Academic College of Education; and Head of Research and Evaluation Authority at Oranim. She is also a Lecturer in Contemporary Jewry department and a Research Fellow at the Rappaport Center, Bar Ilan University. Her book The American Dream - For Men Only? Gender, Immigration and the Assimilation of Israelis in the United States was published in 2008 by LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.