A Half Century of Jewish Emigration from the Former Soviet Union

Mark Tolts ()
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Mark Tolts: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A chapter in Migration from the Newly Independent States, 2020, pp 323-344 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Based on collected data, it was guesstimated that since 1970 almost two million Jews and their relatives emigrated from the former Soviet Union (FSU). Most of this mass emigration occurred since 1989—about 1.7 million. The analysis clearly shows the decisive role of the push factor in the migration movements from the FSU. Pronounced selectivity of Jewish migration by age and sex was found. Also studied were the dramatic shrinkage in the size of the Jewish population remaining in the FSU and the resettlement of ex-Soviet Jews mainly in three destination countries—Israel, the USA, and Germany. The largest group went to Israel, and the positive demographic transformation of this group—a sizable increase of fertility and fast decrease of mortality—was analyzed.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36075-7_15

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