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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817832803321

Autore

Sabar Naama

Titolo

Kibbutzniks in the diaspora / / Naama Sabar ; translation from the Hebrew by Chaya Naor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000

ISBN

0-7914-9310-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Disciplina

979.4/94004924

Soggetti

Israelis - California - Los Angeles

Jews - California - Los Angeles

Jews - California - Los Angeles - Attitudes toward Israel

Immigrants - California - Los Angeles

Kibbutzim

Los Angeles (Calif.) Emigration and immigration

Israel Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Content -- Introduction -- Part One: GettingStarted -- Part Two: About Themselves -- The Contented -- The AmerIsraelis -- The Searchers -- The Discontented -- Permanent Temporariness -- Togetherness -- Hehrew Labor -- A Failing Mark in English -- Songs of the Horneland -- Religion and Tradition -- Women and Children -- Part Four: Life Cycles -- The Parental Home and the Kibbutz -- The Kibbutz Educational System -- Israel and the Jewish Heritage -- Part Five: Push and Pull Factors -- Back Matter -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: The Research Methodology -- Appendix B:Recent Changesin the Kibbutz -- Appendix B: Recent Changes in the Kibbutz -- Endnotes -- Works Cited -- English -- Hebrew -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the search for identity under changing conditions by examining the lives of kibbutz-born young people living in L.A.