Israeli immigrants in the United States: The question of community |
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Authors: | Steve Gold |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, Berkey Hall, 48824-1111 East Lansing, MI |
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Abstract: | Despite their possession of many social advantages such as high levels of education, familiarity with Western, urban culture,
Caucasian appearance, relative economic security and ties to an established, co-ethnic community, much literature on Israeli
immigrants in the U.S. depicts them as plagued by social and psychological alienation to the extent that they are incapable
of creating viable ethnic communities. This paper uses field work and photography collected within the Israeli immigrant population
of Los Angeles to critically examine the assertion that Israeli immigrants in the U.S. are much less organized than would
be predicted by recent theories on immigrant adaptation and community formation. Based on this research, we argue that while
Israelis are ambivalent about their presence in the U.S., they have created a variety of communal activities involving entrepreneurship,
religion, culture, politics and leisure. |
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