 | |
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
THE CUMMINGS CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
THE CITY COLLEGE
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY CENTER
RUSSIAN JEWS ON THREE CONTINENTS
27-30 December 1993
Tel Aviv University Campus
-
MONDAY, 27 DECEMBER
18:00
OPENING SESSION
Bnai Zion Auditorium, Museum of the Diaspora
Michael Confino
Tel Aviv University
Chairman
GREETINGS
Anita Shapira
Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University
Arie Nadler
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Zvi Gitelman
University of Michigan
Jewish Emigration from Russia and the Soviet Union in Historical Perspective
19:30
Reception
Museum of the Diaspora
-
TUESDAY, 28 DECEMBER
9:30-12:30
Panel 1
SOVIET/RUSSIAN POLICY TOWARD JEWISH EMIGRATION
Jonathan Frankel
Hebrew University
Chairman
Yaacov Ro'i
Tel Aviv University
An Overview of Soviet Emigration Policy
Laurie Salitan
Johns Hopkins University
Ethnic and Related Factors in Soviet Emigration Policy
Eli Weinerman
Indiana University
Will the Soviet Union Gain or Lose from a Jewish Exodus: The Debate in Soviet/Russian Society from the 1960s to the Present
Alexej Levinson
Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research
Official Attitudes and Public Opinion toward Jews and Their Emigration, 1990-1993
Mala Tabory
Tel Aviv University
Discussant
14:30-17:30
Panel 2
THE DETERMINANTS OF JEWISH EMIGRATION
Abraham Ascher
City University of New York
Chairman
Mordechai Altshuler
Hebrew University
The Parameters and Impact of Internal Migration
Mark Tolts
Hebrew University
The Socio-Demographic Profile of Russian Jewry and the Prospects for Emigration
Steven Rosefielde
University of North Carolina
Russia's Faltering Economic Trassnsition: Systemic Factors Affecting Jewish Life under Post-Communism
Robert Brym
University of Toronto
The Determinants of Emigration Plans among Jews from Moscow, Kiev and Minsk: Results of a 1993 Survey
Tanya Basok
University of Windsor
Vladimir Khanin
Tel Aviv University
Discussants
18:15
SPECIAL SESSION
Efter Hall, Naftali Social Sciences Building
Natan Sheransky
President, Zionist Forum
Chairman
Richard Schifter
Special Assistant to the President and Counselor, National Security Council, The White House, Washington, DC
The Impact of United States Intercession on Soviet Emigration Policy
-
WEDNESDAY, 29 DECEMBER
9:00-10:30
Panel 3
ISRAELI IMMIGRATION AND ABSORPTION POLICIES
Yoav Peled
Tel Aviv University
Chairman and Discussant
Yehuda Dominitz
Former Director General, Aliya Department, Jewish Agency
Israel's Immigration Policy and the Dropout Phenomenon
Shmuel Adler
Director, Center of Absorption and Science
Israel's Absorption Policy in the 1970s and 1990s
11:00-13:30
Panel 4
CULTURAL ABSORPTION IN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES
Warren Lerner
Duke University
Chairman
Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Elite Olshtain
Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University
Russian Jews in Israel: The Socio-Cultural and Socio-Linguistic Dimension
Shalvia Ben Barak
Beit Berl Teachers' College
The Impact of Socio-Cultural Variables on Attitudes and Behavior Patterns of Soviet Jewish Families towards Home and Work in the Process of Change
Fran Markowitz
Ben Gurion University
Shopping for the Future: Cultural Change, Border Crossings and Identity Options of Jewish Teenagers from the CIS
Paul Ritterband
City College and Graduate School, City University of New York
The Jewishness of Russian Immigrants in the United States
15:30-18:00
Panel 5
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ABSORPTION IN ISRAEL AND THE USA
Yinon Cohen
Tel Aviv University
Chairman and Discussant
Barry Chiswick
University of Illinois, Chicago
The Assimilation of Russian Jewry: A Comparative Analysis of Israel and the United States
Miri Lerner
Tel Aviv University
Immigrant Entrepreneurial Enclaves: Do They Exist among Newcomers from the Former USSR?
Gila Noam and Guedalia Naveh
Brookdale Institute, JDC
The Absorption of Russian Immigrants into the Israeli Labor Force
A. Paltiel, E.F. Sabatello and D. Tal
Central Bureau of Statistics
Soviet Immigrants in Israel in the 1990s: A Two-Year Follow-up of Their Demographic and Socio-Economic Absorption
-
THURSDAY, 30 DECEMBER
9:30-12:30
Panel 6
THE IMPACT OF THE IMMIGRANTS ON THE RECEIVING SOCIETY
Leonard Saxe
Graduate School, City University of New York
Chairman
Jack Habib
American Joint Distribution Committee, Director, JDC, Israel
The Significance of Soviet Jewish Immigration for the American Organizations: The Case of the JDC
Zvi Hercowitz, Nirit Kantor and Leora Rubin Meridor
Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv University and Bank of Israel; Bank of Israel
Immigration and Growth under Imperfect Capital Mobility: The Case of Recent Russian Immigration to Israel
Aharon Fein
Tazpit Research Institute, Jerusalem
Impact of the Immigrants from the CIS on Israeli Politics
Gila Menachem
Tel Aviv University
Changes in Urban Economic and Spatial Structure and the Absorption of Immigrants
Yochanan Peres
Tel Aviv University
Discussant
15:00-17:30
Panel 7
THE REACTION OF THE RECEIVING SOCIETY
Noah Lewin-Epstein
Tel Aviv University
Chairman and Discussant
Majid Al-Haj
Haifa University
Attitudes of Non-Jews and Jews in Israel to Immigration from Russia and the Republics
Delila Amir
Tel Aviv University
'Educating Lana' - Israeli Service Organizations Mobilize to Educate Immigrant Women on Sexuality and Reproduction
Yehuda Amir and Rachel Ben-Ari
Bar-Ilan University
Attitudes and Reactions of Israeli Students and Educators toward Immigrants from the Former USSR in the School System
18:00
ROUNDTABLE
Efter Hall, Naftali Social Sciences Building
EMIGRATION: FOR AND AGAINST
(in Russian with simultaneous translation)
Zvi Gitelman
Chairman
Leonid Finberg
Chairman, Scientific Research Center of the Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of the Ukraine
Misha Galperin
New York Association of New Americans
Leonid Gozman
Moscow State University
Maya Kaganskaya
Writer, Jerusalem
Panels 1-7 will be held in the Naftali Social Sciences Building, Room 525, Tel Aviv University Campus
| | |
