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South African Jews in Israel

Assimilation in Multigenerational Perspective

Rebeca Raijman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Published:1st Feb '16

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Despite consensus about the importance of multigenerational analysis for studying the long-term impact of immigration, most studies in Israel have focused on the integration of first-generation migrants, neglecting key changes (in economic, social, linguistic, and identity outcomes) that occur intergenerationally. Rebeca Raijman tackles this important but untold story with respect to Jewish South African immigration in Israel. By collecting data from three generational cohorts, Raijman analyzes assimilation from a comparative multigenerational perspective. She also combines both quantitative and qualitative evidence with in-depth interviews and participant observation, thereby providing a rich and more complete picture of the complex process of migrant assimilation.

While the migrant subpopulation of South Africa has not received the attention that immigrant populations from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia have, as English-speaking migrants they are a powerful and significant group. Given the status of English as an international language, this study has important implications for understanding the expected assimilation trajectories of Anglophone immigrants in Israel as well as in other non-English-speaking societies. South African Jews in Israel not only contributes empirical material concerning immigrants in Israeli society but also articulates a theoretical understanding of the social mechanisms underlying the integration of various generations of immigrants into a variety of societal domains.

“This book will contribute to a better understanding of immigration and settlement in Israel, contemporary Israeli society, and Israel-diaspora relations, as well as the general corpus of literature on immigration, diasporism, and transnationalism.”—Uzi Rebhun, author of The Wandering Jew in America

ISBN: 9780803255388

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294 pages