TY - JOUR
KW - Toronto
KW - Jews
KW - Acculturation
AU - Roberta Markus
AU - Donald Schwartz
AB - Traces some of the difficulties recent Soviet Jewish immigrants have encountered in relating to the established Jewish community in Toronto. The tensions between the new immigrants and the established community result from differences in expectations that arise from different values associated with the significance and appropriate forms of expressing ethnic self-identity. The established community has present ideas, based on its own experiences, about how Soviet Jewish immigrants ought to express their ethnic identity. The immigrants' self-image, reasons for leaving the Soviet Union, and expectations on coming to Canada are explored in a search for sources of resistance to the attempts to integrate them according to the community's model. Attitudes and behavior patterns are also identified that might form the basis of a viable and long-lasting relationship between the two communities, stemming assimilation of recent Soviet Jewish immigrants into the broader secular community. [J]
BT - Canadian Ethnic Studies
C7 - Unknown(0)
ID - 516
IS - 2
LA - English
M1 - Journal Article
M3 - Print(0)
PY - 1984
SN - 00083496
SP - 71
EP - 88
EP - 
T1 - Soviet Jewish Emigres in Toronto: Ethnic Self-Identity and Issues of Integration
T2 - Canadian Ethnic Studies
VL - 16
ER -