描述
Explores the delicate interplay between emigration of Jews from Israel to Germany and the construction of a new identity in the shadow of antisemitism both past and present in their new home.Critically analyzing IsraeliJewish migration to Germany A Double Burden combines complementary approaches from the social sciencesquantitative qualitative and ethnographic researchto track migrants reasons for moving their families reactions their settlement in the new country and their social and economic integration construction of identity and perceptions of old and new antisemitism in Germany. Each chapter is placed within a relevant theoretical framework the entire discussion set against the background of presentday international migration in general migration to Germany in particular and the Jewish experience in unified Germany. Rich with empirical evidence and presented with exceptional clarity and accessibility A Double Burden will appeal to scholars of migration studies the Israeli Diaspora and GermanJewish life as it also illuminates trauma and memory among thirdgeneration Holocaust survivors.
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Fruugo ID:
319007062-708786022
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ISBN:
9781438487892