The New Immigrants: A Contemporary Profile


 

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.