Transnational community in the making
Russian-Jewish immigrants of the 1990s in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3607776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Remennick (0000-0003-1405-0909, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 515-530 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691830220146581 |
| OpenAlex | W2022897257 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 20 |
Drawing on integrated analysis of Israeli statistics and social research (including a 2001 survey among 800 Russian Israelis), this article explores the birth of a transnational community of Russian Jews living in Israel and in other branches of the post-Soviet diaspora. The theoretical focus of the paper is the relationship between transnationalism and immigrant integration in the host country. It is shown that, due to its timing and composition, the Russian immigration of the 1990s was transnational at the outset. Transnational activities among Russian Israelis lie mainly in the socio-cultural realm and are intertwined with cultural separatism from the host society. During the 1990s, Russian-speakers, making 20 per cent of the Jewish population in Israel, have created a thriving subculture of their own. It is shown that reliance on co-ethnic networks plays a double role in the life of Israeli Russians. On the one hand, it empowers the weakest and the least integrated segments of the Russian community, attenuating their dependency on the host society. Yet, at the same time, it hampers economic success and social integration of many other immigrants, and reinforces cultural conflict between the newcomers and old-timers in Israel. Keywords: TransnationalismCultural SeparatismRussian JewsIsrael
Archaeology · Demographic economics · Economics · Immigration · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Unique citing works | 58 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,52 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |