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Publication Date: January 2001
Publisher: Institute for International Affairs (U.S.); Malcolm Lester & Associates; B'nai Brith Canada
Author(s): Rina Cohen
Research Area: Population and demographics
Keywords: Canadian Jews; Immigration; Identity formation
Type: Report
Coverage: Canada
Abstract:
This essay examines the process of identity formation among two different groups of recent Jewish immigrants to Canada: Israelis and Russians. Members of these groups immigrated to Canada creating transnational ethnic communities that are part of, and at the same time distinct from, the larger Jewish community.