Mobilizing Resources for Soviet Resettlement

Publication Date: January 1991

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Isaac Lakritz

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: Immigration; Community Relations; Social Services

Type: Report

Coverage: United States Florida

Abstract:

Jacksonville, a young growing community of 10,000 Jews, has resettled the highest number of Soviet immigrants per capita through its creative mobilization of resources. Under a cooperative arrangement, Lutheran Social Services of Jacksonville provides staff and obtains funding for the initial stages of the resettlement process, enabling the Jewish community to focus upon acculturation of the new Jewish Americans. Jacksonville's experience illustrates how large number of immigrants can be resettled by smaller communities.