'Idealists headed to Israel, pragmatics chose Europe': Identity dilemmas and social incorporation among former Soviet Jews who migrated to Germany

Immigrants and Minorities

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-58

  Remennick, Larissa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; REFUGEE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

NEMESIS;

EID: 16344384559     PISSN: 02619288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261928042000334835     Document Type: Article

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