Mark Tolts, PhD
Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics,
Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel (email: mtolts@mscc.huji.ac.il)
Areas of Specialization: Family Demography; Migration; Ethnicity; Demographic Statistics
Subjects of Study: Demography of the former USSR, especially of (ex-) Soviet Jewry;
Demography of Jews in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe
Selected Publications/Papers:
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“Sources for the Demographic Study of the Jews in the Former Soviet Union: Legacy,
Opportunities and Challenges,” U. Rebhun (ed.), Studies in Contemporary Jewry (New
York), 2013, Vol. 27. – 33 pp. [forthcoming].
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“Demography of the Contemporary Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora,” Paper
presented at the conference on the contemporary Russian-speaking Jewish Diaspora,
Harvard University, 13-15 November, 2011.
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“Population since World War I,” The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe /
Online Edition, 2010.
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“Migration since World War I,” ibid.
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“Mixed Marriage and Post-Soviet Aliyah,” S. Reinharz and S. DellaPergola (eds.), Jewish
Intermarriage Around the World. New Brunswick, USA and London, UK: Transaction
Publishers, 2009, pp. 89-104.
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“Post-Soviet Aliyah and Jewish Demographic Transformation,” Paper presented at the
15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, 2-6 August, 2009.
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“The Demographic Profile of the Bukharan Jews in the Late Soviet Period,” I. Baldauf, M.
Gammer and T. Loy (eds.), Bukharan Jews in the 20th Century: History, Experience and
Narration. Wiesbaden: Reichert-Verlag, 2008, pp. 77-90.
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“Demography of North Caucasian Jewry: A Note on Population Dynamics and Shifting
Identity,” M. Gammer (ed.), Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus:
Post-Soviet Disorder. London and New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 212-224.
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“Population since World War I,” G.D. Hundert (ed.), The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in
Eastern Europe. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 1429-1434.
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“Migration since World War I,” ibid, pp. 1434-1440.
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"Population Trends in the Russian Federation: Reflections on the Legacy of Soviet
Censorship and Distortions of Demographic Statistics," Eurasian Geography and
Economics (Columbia, MD), 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 87–98.
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"The Jews in the Three Post-Soviet Slavic Countries: Selected Population Trends," W.
Moskovich and L. Finberg (eds.), Jews and Slavs, Vol. 19. Jerusalem–Kiev: Hebrew
University; [Ukrainian] Institute of Jewish Studies, 2008, pp. 200-208.
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“Post-Soviet Jewish Demography, 1989-2004,” Z. Gitelman and Y. Ro’i (eds.),
Revolution, Repression and Revival: The Soviet Jewish Experience. Lanham, MD:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, pp. 283-311.
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“After the Exodus: Post-Soviet Jewry in the Contemporary World,” V.A. Iontsev (ed.),
International migration: Economics and Politics. Moscow: Lomonosov University of
Moscow, 2006, pp. 62-70.
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"Contemporary Trends in Family Formation among the Jews in Russia,” Jews in Russia
and Eastern Europe (Jerusalem), 2006, No. 2 (57), pp. 5-23.
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“Demography: Jewish Women in the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and other
Successor States,” P. Hyman and D. Ofer (eds.), Jewish Women: A Comprehensive
Historical Encyclopedia. Jerusalem: Shalvi Publishing; Jewish Publication Society of
America. CD-ROM edition, 2006.
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“Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan on the Eve of the Second World War: Re-Evaluation
of the 1939 Soviet Census Results,” Central Asian Survey (London), 2006, Vol. 25, No.
1-2, pp. 143-148.
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“Extra-Marital Conceptions in Contemporary Russia’s Fertility,” Research Note Prepared
for the European Population Conference, Liverpool, UK, 21-24 June, 2006 (with O.
Antonova and E. Andreev).
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“Contemporary Jewish Diaspora in Global Context: Human Development Correlates of
Population Trends,” Israel Studies (Bloomington, IN), 2005, Vol. 10, No.1, pp. 61-95 (with
S. DellaPergola and U. Rebhun).
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“Demographic Trends Among the Jews in the Three Post-Soviet Slavic Republics,”
Paper presented at the 14th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 31 July - 4
August, 2005.
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“Demographische Trends unter den Juden der ehemaligen Sowjetunion” (Demographic
Trends among the Jews of the Former Soviet Union), Menora: Jahrbuch für deutschjüdische Geschichte 2004. Band 15. Berlin/Vienna: Philo, 2005, S. 15-44.
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“The Post-Soviet Jewish Population in Russia and the World,” Jews in Russia and
Eastern Europe (Jerusalem), 2004, No. 1 (52), pp. 37-63.
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“Mass Aliyah and Jewish Emigration from Russia: Dynamics and Factors,” East
European Jewish Affairs (London), 2003, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 71-96.
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“Rossiiskaia emigratsiia v Izrail / Emigration en Israël hors de Russie,” Naselenie i
obshchestvo / Population et Société (Moscow), 2003, No. 71, pp. 1-4.
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“Demography of the Jews in the Former Soviet Union: Yesterday and Today,” Z.
Gitelman with M. Glants and M.I. Goldman (eds.), Jewish Life After the USSR.
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003, pp. 173-206.
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“Aliya from the Russian Federation: An Analysis of Recent Data,” Jews in Eastern Europe
(Jerusalem), 2002, No. 1-2 (47-48), pp. 5-23.
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“Statistical Analysis of Aliyah and Jewish Emigration from Russia,” V.A. Iontsev (ed.),
International Migration of Population: Russia and the Contemporary World. Vol. 10.
Moscow: Lomonosov University of Moscow, 2002, pp. 171-185.
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“The Failure of Demographic Statistics: A Soviet Response to Population Troubles,”
Paper presented at the IUSSP XXIVth General Population Conference, Salvador-Bahia,
Brazil, 18-24 August, 2001; for supplemented version, see:
http://dmo.econ.msu.ru/demografia/Rus_census2002/History/.
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“Jewish Demography of the Former Soviet Union,” S. DellaPergola and J. Even (eds.),
Papers in Jewish Demography 1997. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 2001, pp. 109-139;
for partial internet version, see: “The Post-Soviet Jewish Emigration,” Paper presented at
the European Population Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 7-9 June, 2001.
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“Russian Jewish Migration in the Post-Soviet Era,” Revue Européenne des Migrations
Internationales, 2000, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 183-199.
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“Jews in the Russian Federation: A Decade of Demographic Decline,” Jews in Eastern
Europe (Jerusalem), 1999, No. 3 (40), pp. 5-36.
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“Jews in Russia: A Century of Demographic Dynamics,” Diasporas (Moscow), 1999, No.
1, pp. 180-198.
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“Yiddish in the Former Soviet Union Since 1959: A Statistical-Demographic Analysis,” G.
Estraikh and M. Krutikov (eds.), Yiddish in the Contemporary World. Oxford: European
Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford, 1999, pp. 133-146.
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“Recent Jewish Emigration and Population Decline in Russia,” Jews in Eastern Europe
(Jerusalem), 1998, No. 1 (35), pp. 5-24.
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“Demographic Trends among the Jews in the Three Slavic Republics of the Former
USSR: A Comparative Analysis,” S. DellaPergola and J. Even (eds.), Papers in Jewish
Demography 1993. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1997, pp. 147-175.
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“The Interrelationship between Emigration and the Socio-Demographic Profile of Russian
Jewry,” N. Lewin-Epstein, Y. Ro’i and P. Ritterband (eds.), Russian Jews on Three
Continents. London: Cass, 1997, pp. 147-176.
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“Ethnicity, Religion and Demographic Change in Russia: Russians, Tatars and Jews,”
Evolution or Revolution in European Population (European Population Conference,
Milano 1995), Vol. 2. Milan: EAPS and IUSSP, 1996, pp. 165-179.
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“The Jewish Population of Russia, 1989-1995,” Jews in Eastern Europe (Jerusalem),
1996, No. 3 (31), pp. 5-19.
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“Modernization of Demographic Behaviour in the Muslim Republics of the Former USSR,”
Y. Ro’i (ed.), Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies. London: Cass, 1995, pp. 231-253.
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“Trends in Soviet Jewish Demography since the Second World War,” Y. Ro’i (ed.), Jews
and Jewish Life in Russia and the Soviet Union. London: Cass, 1995, pp. 365-382.
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“Figures that Came in from the Cold,” Jews in Eastern Europe, 1994, No. 3 (25), pp. 7984.
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“Shinuyim be-herkev ha-ukhlusiya ha-yehudit be-Brit ha-Moatsot: Hizdaknut ve-shuk hanisuin” (Changes in the Composition of the Jewish Population of the USSR: Aging and
the Marriage Market), Yahadut Zemanenu (Jerusalem), 1994, Vol. 9, pp. 243-258.
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“Jews in the Russian Republic since the Second World War: The Dynamics of
Demographic Erosion,” International Population Conference, Montreal 1993, Vol. 3.
Liège: IUSSP, 1993, pp. 99-111.
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“The Balance of Births and Deaths among Soviet Jewry,” Jews and Jewish Topics in the
Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (Jerusalem), 1992, No. 2 (18), pp. 13-26.
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“Jewish Marriages in the USSR: A Demographic Analysis,” East European Jewish Affairs
(London), 1992, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 3-19.
For Russian language publications, see:
http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/2010/0435/nauka05.php
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