This compact book relies on the story of two intertwined Jewish immigrant families to tell a multigenerational Jewish story about the interplay between public/social policy, cultural categories, and the lived experience of working class immigrant Jews from Eastern Europe, including trans-/intergenerational trauma. Importantly, it focuses on the impacts of pre-Holocaust public policy, a significant departure from the Holocaust and post-Holocaust focus of much of the published literature relating to Jewish intergenerational trauma. As such, it offers the possibility of better understanding the far-reaching and perhaps unforeseen impacts of public policy.
This book addresses events on both the micro and macro levels and is biographical, autobiographical, and historical in its scope. Sources for this work include archival materials, census records, maps, military records, birth and death certificates, congressional materials, newspaper articles, films, images, interviews with living family members, and secondary sources. Among the topics covered are:
- Russian, Soviet, and U.S. Eugenics: Family Internalization of Policy and Rhetoric
- The Intertwined Impact of Economics, Eugenic Policy, and Immigration Restrictions
- The Present Past: Policy, Identity, and Progeny
From Public Policy to Family Dynamics: A Case Study of the Impact of Public Policy on Two 20th Century Jewish Immigrant Families adds a human face to writings related to public/social policy. As the book integrates understandings from diverse fields of study, students of public policy, social work, psychology, history, Jewish studies, immigration studies, bioethics, and public health, as well as social workers, bioethicists, and historians, would be most interested in reading this unique work.
Table of Content
1 Russian, Soviet, and U.S. Eugenics: Family Internalization of Policy and Rhetoric.- 2 The Intertwined Impact of Economics, Eugenic Policy, and Immigration Restrictions.- 3 The Present Past: Policy, Identity, and Progeny.
About the author
Sana Loue, JD, Ph D, MPH, MSSA, MA, LISW-S, CST-T, AVT is a professor in the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds secondary appointments in the departments of Psychiatry, Global Health, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, as well as in social work at the university’s school of social work. Dr. Loue holds degrees in law (JD), epidemiology (Ph D), medical anthropology (Ph D), social work (MSSA), public health (MPH), education (MA), theology (MA), and history (MA). Dr. Loue served as the medical school’s inaugural Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity from 2012 to 2020.Dr. Loue has been privileged to conduct research in Laos, Russia, Romania, Tajikistan, and Uganda, and to engage with audiences on issues including the ethical conduct of research, professional development, and diversity in Canada, Chile, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. She has mentored U.S.-based and international graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty for more than 20 years.
Dr. Loue’s past research in both the domestic and international contexts has focused on HIV risk and prevention, severe mental illness, family violence, and research ethics. Her current research addresses the interplay between religion, society, and bioethics; the integration of cultural humility into clinical care and research settings; and past and current formulations of eugenics. She has authored or edited more than 30 books and has authored/co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles.
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