Young Israeli Russian-Speakers:Harbingers of Ethnic Protest
Keywords:
‘1.5 Generation’, Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union, Russian Speakers in Israel, Young People in Israel, Immigration, Fishka’ Association‘Abstract
The article examines the emerging signs of a social protest movement among the so-called ‘1.5 Generation’ of Russian-speakers, Israeli citizens who immigrated as older children or adolescents and came of age in the country, and focuses on the generational, gender, class and ethnic aspects of the Russian protest.
The authors analyze their ethnographic fieldwork in various organizations that the young immigrants established in the last decade, especially the Tel Aviv based ‘Fishka’ association and the internet-based ‘1.5 Generation’ group by employing theories on cultural activism, immigrant/minority protest activities, and the ethnic protest of Israel’s North Africa immigrants.
Also under discussion are some of the ‘1.5 Generations’ cultural events such as Russian-Hebrew poetry reading, song festivals, and so forth.
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