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The only book to examine both 1970s' and 1990s' Soviet-Jewish immigration to the United States

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Introduction: The Third and Fourth Waves of East European Jewish Immigration What They Left Behind and Why They Left Remembering Soviet Jewish Life How and Why They Left: The Culture and Politics of Soviet Jewish Emigration, 1967-1997 What They Found and What They Created in the United States Settling Soviet Jewish America: New York and Beyond Gender and Generation: The Varied Rhythms of Acculturation Epilogue: Personal and Political Transformations: Soviet Jewish Life in the United States after 25 Years of Immigration Biographies Bibliography Index

About the Author

ANNELISE ORLECK is associate professor of history and women's studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the U.S. (1995) and co-editor of The Politics of Motherhood: Activist Voices from Left to Right (1997). Her next book is a study of women and welfare activism in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a native of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, home to a large community of Soviet Jewish Americans.

Reviews

"This balanced narrative describes the complex immigration adjustment process with due consideration for the many elements that contribute to or complicate that achievement."-National Jewish Post and Opinion

.,."a fine book, covering many dimensions of this group's fate in the United States and linking their story with both ealier American Jewish migrants and contemporary non-Jewish entrants. Well written, and engaging, based on both archival research and first-hand interviews, it will appeal to novice and expert alike."-Journal of American Ethnic History

"[A] testament to the diversity of the people we commonly lump together as "Russian Jews..,."The book is well written and contains a good current bibliography, siginificant statistical information, many photographs, and thoughtful insights based on the author's keen observations and interviews with her subjects. Orleck draws deeply upon personal narratives and testimonies in her text, and these make the book personal and highly readable."-American Jewish History

"Orleck's excellent study provides the first full-scale survey of Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union (FSU) to the US between 1967 and 1997....[T]his is a model survey: well-researched, highly readable, and properly contextualized."-Choice

?This balanced narrative describes the complex immigration adjustment process with due consideration for the many elements that contribute to or complicate that achievement.?-National Jewish Post and Opinion

?...a fine book, covering many dimensions of this group's fate in the United States and linking their story with both ealier American Jewish migrants and contemporary non-Jewish entrants. Well written, and engaging, based on both archival research and first-hand interviews, it will appeal to novice and expert alike.?-Journal of American Ethnic History

?[A] testament to the diversity of the people we commonly lump together as "Russian Jews..,."The book is well written and contains a good current bibliography, siginificant statistical information, many photographs, and thoughtful insights based on the author's keen observations and interviews with her subjects. Orleck draws deeply upon personal narratives and testimonies in her text, and these make the book personal and highly readable.?-American Jewish History

?Orleck's excellent study provides the first full-scale survey of Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union (FSU) to the US between 1967 and 1997....[T]his is a model survey: well-researched, highly readable, and properly contextualized.?-Choice

?Taking us behind the scenes, into the "Little Odessas" of the New World, Orleck's descriptive rendering of the day-to-day experiences of Soviet Jewish immigrants rewards its readers by enabling them to see the people behind the statistics.?-The Journal of American History

?This lively, moving narrative provides the first comprehensive account of the immigration of nearly 500,000 Soviet Jews to the United States between 1967 and 1997....This book offers a highly readable introduction to the history, politics, and culture of this important new American population.?-American Reference Books Annual

"�A� testament to the diversity of the people we commonly lump together as "Russian Jews...."The book is well written and contains a good current bibliography, siginificant statistical information, many photographs, and thoughtful insights based on the author's keen observations and interviews with her subjects. Orleck draws deeply upon personal narratives and testimonies in her text, and these make the book personal and highly readable."-American Jewish History

..."a fine book, covering many dimensions of this group's fate in the United States and linking their story with both ealier American Jewish migrants and contemporary non-Jewish entrants. Well written, and engaging, based on both archival research and first-hand interviews, it will appeal to novice and expert alike."-Journal of American Ethnic History

"Taking us behind the scenes, into the "Little Odessas" of the New World, Orleck's descriptive rendering of the day-to-day experiences of Soviet Jewish immigrants rewards its readers by enabling them to see the people behind the statistics."-The Journal of American History

"This lively, moving narrative provides the first comprehensive account of the immigration of nearly 500,000 Soviet Jews to the United States between 1967 and 1997....This book offers a highly readable introduction to the history, politics, and culture of this important new American population."-American Reference Books Annual