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The Israeli Diaspora (Paperback)
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The Israeli Diaspora (Paperback)
Series: Global Diasporas
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Israelis form a unique case in the field of diaspora studies. When
the State of Israel was founded in 1948 it was seen as the
longed-for end to the wandering and oppression which had
characterised the Jewish diaspora over the centuries. For various
reasons, however one per cent of the Israeli population chooses to
live abroad despite the condemnation of those who see emigration as
a threat to the ideological, demographic and moral viability of
Israel itself. In this study, based on extensive field work in the
major Israeli communities of New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris
and Sydney, Steven J. Gold looks at their reasons for leaving -
existing links abroad, political and economic dissatisfaction at
home and in the case of the Sephardim or Israelis of non-European
origin often a feeling of being treated as second class citizens -
the tensions, compromises and satisfactions involved in their
relations with Israelis who have not left and with the Jewish and
non Jewish communities in the countries in which they settle. In a
final chapter, he talks to those who after years as emigrants have
made the decision to return. The end result is a contribution to
the study not just of the Isra
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