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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Historical Setting | |
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| 'From a Northern Country': Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration to America and Israel in Historical Perspective | |
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| From Emigration to Absorption: Policy Formulation and Implementation | |
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| Soviet Policy towards Jewish Emigration--An Overview | |
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| Ethnic and Related Factors in Soviet Emigration Policy, 1968-1989 | |
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| The Impact of the United States on Soviet Emigration Policy | |
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| Israel's Immigration Policy and the Dropout Phenomenon | |
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| The Quandaries of an Israeli Minister of Absorption | |
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| Israel's Absorption Policy since the 1970s | |
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| The Social Context of Emigration | |
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| The Interrelationship between Emigration and the Socio-Demographic Profile of Russian Jewry | |
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| Jewish Emigration from the Former USSR: Who? Why? How Many? | |
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| Does the Country Gain or Lose from the Exodus of Jews? The Discussion in Russian Society | |
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| Attitudes of Russians towards Jews and Their Emigration, 1989-94 | |
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| Social and Economic Absorption in Israel and the US | |
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| Soviet Jews in the United States: Language and Labour Market Adjustments Revisited | |
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| Community Formation among Jews from the Former Soviet Union in the US | |
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| Immigrants from the former USSR in Israel in the 1990s: Demographic Characteristics and Socio-Economic Absorption | |
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| Cultural Change and Identity Dilemmas | |
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| Jewish Identity among Russian Immigrants in the US | |
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| Culture Change, Border Crossings and Identity Shopping: Jewish Teenagers from the CIS Assess Their Future in Israel | |
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| Identity and Language: The Social Insertion of Soviet Jews in Israel | |
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| Motivation to Serve in the Israeli Army: The Gap between Cultural Involvement and Cultural Performance | |
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| Is Living in Russia Worthwhile? | |
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| The View from Kiev | |
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| Twenty Years After | |
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| Impact on the Receiving Society | |
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| The Absorption of Soviet Immigrants into the Labour Market: Aspects of Occupational Substitution and Retention | |
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| Yes to Immigration, but What about Immigrants? Local Attitudes to Immigrant Absorption | |
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| Educating Lena: Women Immigrants and 'Integration' Policies in Israel--The Politics of Reproduction and Family Planning | |
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| Learning from Experience: Israeli Schools and the Task of Immigrant Absorption | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Notes on Contributors | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |