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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b11647094.
- catalog coverage "Israel Emigration and immigration.".
- catalog coverage "Los Angeles (Calif.) Emigration and immigration.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index.".
- catalog description "Part 1: Getting started -- Part 2: About themselves -- The contented -- The AmerIsraelis -- The searchers -- The discontented -- Part 3: Permanent temporariness -- Togetherness -- Hebrew labor -- A failing mark in English -- Songs of the homeland -- Religion and tradition -- Women and children -- Part 4: Life cycles -- The parental home and the Kibbutz -- The Kibbutz educational system -- Israel and the Jewish heritage -- Part 5: Push and pull factors.".
- catalog extent "xii, 189 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0791444716 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791444724 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in Israeli studies".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng heb".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "California Los Angeles".
- catalog spatial "Israel Emigration and immigration.".
- catalog spatial "Los Angeles (Calif.) Emigration and immigration.".
- catalog subject "979.4/94004924 21".
- catalog subject "F869.L89 I77 2000".
- catalog subject "Immigrants California Los Angeles Interviews.".
- catalog subject "Israelis California Los Angeles Interviews.".
- catalog subject "Jews California Los Angeles Attitudes toward Israel.".
- catalog subject "Jews California Los Angeles Interviews.".
- catalog subject "Kibbutzim.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1: Getting started -- Part 2: About themselves -- The contented -- The AmerIsraelis -- The searchers -- The discontented -- Part 3: Permanent temporariness -- Togetherness -- Hebrew labor -- A failing mark in English -- Songs of the homeland -- Religion and tradition -- Women and children -- Part 4: Life cycles -- The parental home and the Kibbutz -- The Kibbutz educational system -- Israel and the Jewish heritage -- Part 5: Push and pull factors.".
- catalog title "Kibbutzniks in the diaspora / Naama Sabar ; translation from the Hebrew by Chaya Naor.".
- catalog type "Interviews. fast".
- catalog type "text".