Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19928411 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Kobrin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Pages | 361 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Jewish Bialystok and its diaspora (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/4545.0 |
| OpenAlex | W4409478474 |
| ISBN | 9780253354426 |
| Open Library | OL23725832M |
| Google Books | S9B1C3Q08o8C |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Kobrin (Jewish history, Columbia) analyzes the Jewish migration experience from Bialystok in the 19th and 20th centuries. Adopting a transnational perspective, she seeks to place Jewish migration from eastern Europe to the US in a broader global context in which the US is not a land unto itself, but one of several locales in which migration and integration occurred. In doing so, Kobrin argues that Bialystok Jews constructed a transnational self-perception, melding together their eastern European Jewish heritage and their new homelands. They subsequently expressed this new sense of identity through cultural and philanthropic organizations focused on Bialystok emigrants and their descendants as a specific group with their own specific diaspora experience. This migration, she concludes, 'radically revised and reconfigured the ideological cornerstones of modern Jewish life.' Kobrin's study builds upon previous work by scholars like Nancy Green who utilize a divergent analysis of migration-not studying merely one destination, but comparing the experiences of immigrants in different cities or countries. Kobrin's well-written, well-researched book advances this approach, providing a valuable resource for scholars and students alike. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. - Choice
Archaeology · Diaspora · Judaism · Political science · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · 20th century · Białystok · Cultural assimilation · Ethnic relations · ethnic relations · Europe · foreign countries · Jewish diaspora · Jews · Migrations · Poland · Polish Jews
From Sacred ‘Community’ to Sacred ‘Individual’
A transnational Jewish diaspora
We are Brothers! Let us Separate!” Jews and Community Building in American Cities during the 19th Century
Transnational intervention and its limits
Oy, My Buenos Aires
Thinking with restriction
East European Jewish migration
The interrupted chain
| Citations per year | 0.62 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |