Since 1989 Russian-speaking Jews, often raised and socialized in the Soviet Union, have "dispersed" in great numbers to Western countries and Israel. Even there, they retain their own cultural and political identities. In this volume, prominent authors provide an impressive overview about how this strong transnational Jewish diaspora group participates in social life in North America, Israel, Europe and elsewhere, but also works to strengthen Jewish networks and communities. In many places Russian-speaking Jews are considered to be highly educated, politically keen, and anything but conflict-averse. This has resulted in an independent strand of contemporary Judaism.
Über den Autor Vladimir (Hrsg.) Ze'ev Khanin
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Vladimir (Ze'ev) Khanin is Adjunct Professor in Political Studies and heads the Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Program at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University. Since 2018, he serves as Academic Chairman at the Institute for Euro-Asian Jewish Studies (Herzliya). Olaf Glöckner is a research associate at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies and a lecturer in Modern History and Jewish Studies at Potsdam University. He focuses on Jewish migration, Jewish community building, developments in Israel and antisemitism.
