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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

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Cultural transitioning of Jewish immigrants: Education, employment and integration

Authors: Ada Sinacore, Anne-Marie Mikhail, Anusha Kassan, Alexandra Lerner

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2009

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This paper discusses the cultural transitioning process that immigrants undergo in order to attain educational, occupational, and social integration within Canadian society. Results of this phenomenological study examining 31 Jewish immigrants from Argentina, Israel, France and the Former Soviet Union, reveal that lack of educational equivalency and lack of recognition of foreign work experience, language barriers, discrimination, insider/outsider sentiments and the structure of the community were common impediments to cultural transitioning. However, findings suggest that despite a common religious identity, immigrants’ ethnic identities and expectations lead to divergent cultural transitioning experiences.

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Title: Cultural transitioning of Jewish immigrants: Education, employment and integration
Authors: Ada Sinacore
Anne-Marie Mikhail
Anusha Kassan
Alexandra Lerner
Publication date: 01-11-2009
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-009-9166-z

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