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"Sepharadic and Oriental" Jews in Israel and Western countries: Migration, Social Change, and Identification
Publication Date: January 2007
Publisher(s): Institute of Contemporary Jewry
Author(s): Sergio DellaPergola
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Population and demographics (Immigrants and aliens)
Keywords: World Jews; Immigration; Demography
Type: Report
Abstract:
In Studies in Contemporary Jewry 22, 3-43. This essay assesses the changing profile of "Sephardic and Oriental" Jews since the second World War, outlining the overall volume and major directions of Jewish international migrations, and examining patterns of demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural change in the context of absorption and integration process both in Israel and in several western countries. Of particular interest are changes in the composition of immigrants to Israel from Asia and Africa, and their integration into and role in the shaping of Israeli society, as compared with parallel processes among Jewish migrants from those regions in France, the United States, and Latin America.