Author

Publication

2000 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

47,250 words, Guess

Page Count

189 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL45064M
  • ISBN-100791444716
  • OCLC Control Number41967241
  • Library of Congress Control Number99041449
  • LibraryThing8778136
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Classifications

  • DDC979.4/94004924
  • LCCF869.L89 I77 2000

Description

"Under what circumstance would kibbutz-born young people leave a society which symbolizes, more than anything else, the Zionist dream? Naama Sabar explores this question by examining the lives of a group of Israeli emigrants living in Los Angeles in the 1980s and early 1990s. Through extensive interviews in which these "kibbutzniks" share their life stories, she uncovers what pushed them to leave the kibbutz and what pulls them to remain in L.A. The underlying leitmotif is the search for identity under changing conditions."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

JewsIsraelisKibbutzimKibbutzim.InterviewsImmigrantsAttitudes toward Israel

Genres

  • Interviews.

Series Statement

  • SUNY series in Israeli studies

Other Editions

  • Kibbutzniks in the diasporaState University of New York Press2000-01-01

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