Wandering Jews

Steven J. Gold is a professor and graduate program director in the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. His scholarly interests include international migration, ethnic economies, ethnic community development, qualitative field methods, and visual sociology. Gold is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of eight books, including The Israeli Diaspora, which won the Thomas and Znaniecki Award from the American Sociology Association's International Migration Section for the best book on international migration in 2003. Author of over one hundred journal articles and book chapters, Gold received the Charles Horton Cooley Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Sociology from the Michigan Sociology Association in 2007 and the Distinguished Career Award from the American Sociological Association's International Migration Section in 2019.

• FOREWORDEDITORIAL INTRODUCTION: RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN JEWISH MIGRATION STUDIESJewish Identity among Contemporary Jewish Immigrants in the United States, by Laura LimonicThe Process of Immigration to the United States and the Acculturation of Iranian Jews, by Nahid PirnazarRepatriating by Non-State Actors? The Emergence of (Skilled) Return Migration Industry in Israel, by Nir CohenJews Residing in Three Cities in France and Belgium: Patterns of Ethnic Identity and Identification, by Lilach Lev Ari"Cleanliness Like That of the Germans": Eastern European Jews' Views of Germans and the Dynamics of Migration and Disillusionment, by Gil RibakOther Maps: Reflections on European Jewish Refugees' Migration to the United States in the Early Postwar Era, by Libby Garland"It's the Community That We've Made": Jewish Migration to East Lansing, Michigan, in the Postwar Era, by Kirsten FermaglichABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORSABOUT THE USC CASDEN INSTITUTE

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