Surmounting Obstacles to Migration and Repatriation amid Polish and Israeli Nation-Building

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Abstract

This collection examines various aspects of Jewish migration within, from and to eastern Europe between 1880 and the present. It focuses on not only the wide variety of factors that often influenced the fateful decision to immigrate, but also the personal experience of migration and the critical role of individuals in larger historical processes. Including contributions by historians and social scientists alongside first-person memoirs, the book analyses the historical experiences of Jewish immigrants, the impact of anti-Jewish violence and government policies on the history of Jewish migration, the reception of Jewish immigrants in a variety of centres in America, Europe and Israel, and the personal dilemmas of those individuals who debated whether or not to embark on their own path of migration. By looking at the phenomenon of Jewish migration from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and in a range of different settings, the contributions to this volume challenge and complicate many widely-held assumptions regarding Jewish migration in modern times. In particular, the chapters in this volume raise critical questions regarding the place of anti-Jewish violence in the history of Jewish migration as well as the chronological periodization and general direction of Jewish migration over the past 150 years. The volume also compares the experiences of Jewish immigrants to those of immigrants from other ethnic or religious communities. This book was originally published as a special issue of East European Jewish Affairs.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication Jewish Migration in Modern Times: The Case of Eastern Europe
EditorsSemion Goldin, Mia Spiro, Scott Ury
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter4
Pages63-81
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9780367660932
StatePublished - 2019

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