Table of Contents

Preface, Part I: Setting the Context, 1. Israel, the Jewish People, and the New World of Migration, 2. The Global Context of Migration to Israel, 3. Israel, Democracy, the Law, and the Protection of Citizens and Minorities, 4. Comparing Recent Multi-Ethnic Immigration to Canada and to Israel: Impact on Social Cohesion and Approaches to Integration, Part II: Jewish Migration and Integration in Israel, 5. The Wave of Immigration to Israel in the 1990s, 6. The Current Wave of Former Soviet Union Immigrants: Their Absorption Process in Israel — An On-Going Survey (1990-1995), 7. Absorption Policies in Israel: The Retraining of Immigrant Scientists in an Emergency Mass Immigration, 8. Internal Migration in Israel: From Periphery to Center — From Rural to Urban, Part III: Migration to the Diaspora — The Canadian and U.S. Cases, 9. With Our Young and With Our Old: Multi-Generational Family Migration and Ethnic/Religious Identity, 10. The Economic Performance of Jewish Immigrants to Canada: A Case of Double Jeopardy?, 11. Refugees, Human Rights, and the Making of Israeli Foreign Policy: The Conferral of Refugee Status on Israelis as a Case-Study, 12. The Integration of Jewish Immigrants in Montreal: Models and Dilemmas of Ethnic Match, Part IV: Diaspora Experiences, 13. Israel-Jewish Diaspora Experience as a Model for Other State-Diaspora Relationships, 14. The Loyalties of Ethno-National Diasporas and the Case of the Jewish Diaspora, 15. Have We Learned from History?: Jewish Voluntary Organizations and Israel — Their Attitude Towards International Migration, 16. The Dwindling Jewish Communities in the Muslim Countries of the Middle East: Their Current Status and Reasons for Mass Emigration, 17. Jewish on Three Continents: Reflections of a Two-Time Migrant, Part V: Freedom of Movement: Should There Be a Right of Free International Migration?, 18. Freedom of Movement: The International Legal Framework, 19. Freedom of Migration: Legal Standards and State Practice, Appendix: Study of Jewish Community Organization — Publications, Contributors

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Weinfeld, Morton

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-In this comprehensive volume, the editors have identified some of the unique aspects of Jewish migration and placed them in a larger comparative and global perspective.--

"In this comprehensive volume, the editors have identified some of the unique aspects of Jewish migration and placed them in a larger comparative and global perspective."-