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The Jewish diaspora after 1945 : a study of Jewish communities in the Middle East and North Africa / edited by S. Behnaz Hosseini..

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020Copyright date: �2020Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 150 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781527561380
  • 1527561380
  • 9781527559813
  • 1527559815
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Jewish Diaspora After 1945 : A Study of Jewish Communities in the Middle East and North AfricaDDC classification:
  • 909.049240825 23
LOC classification:
  • DS135.A68 J49 2020eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / Lior Sternfeld -- Introduction and volume overview / Birgit Ammann -- Part I. The Jewish diaspora in Iran and Iraq -- Oudl�aj�an memories. The Iranian Jewish community of Tehran from a female perspective / Monica Mereu -- Iraqi Jews. between legal policies of exploitation and the religious authority 1948–1958 / Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi -- I-You therefore I am. Buber in Persian attire / S. Yasser Mirdamadi -- Part II. The Jewish communities in the MENA region -- Puppets in diaspora / Catherine Soussloff -- Three wars and three exiles. The Jews of Egypt / Mich�ele Baussant -- Did the birth of the State of Israel greatly impact the Jewish Morocco diaspora? In search of a more nuanced narrative / Emanuela Trevisan Semi -- Remnants of neighborliness. Qadhafi's pilgrims and Libyan Jews in a Jerusalem hotel / Harvey Goldberg -- Dreams and reality. Aharon Appelfeld’s transformation of his Jewish-assimilated childhood to the Jewish State of Israel / Wolfgang Treitler.
Summary: For Jews across the Middle East and North Africa, the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel was a transformational period--in both the build-up to it and its aftermath. Using this momentous event as its focal point, this book takes the reader on a journey to remote destinations in the 20th century Jewish experience, examining aspects of Jewish history that have hardly ever been discussed in one place and in such an intriguing combination. Jews have played an integral role in the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa for millennia. Their lives were intertwined with those of the majorit.
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For Jews across the Middle East and North Africa, the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel was a transformational period--in both the build-up to it and its aftermath. Using this momentous event as its focal point, this book takes the reader on a journey to remote destinations in the 20th century Jewish experience, examining aspects of Jewish history that have hardly ever been discussed in one place and in such an intriguing combination. Jews have played an integral role in the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa for millennia. Their lives were intertwined with those of the majorit.

Foreword / Lior Sternfeld -- Introduction and volume overview / Birgit Ammann -- Part I. The Jewish diaspora in Iran and Iraq -- Oudl�aj�an memories. The Iranian Jewish community of Tehran from a female perspective / Monica Mereu -- Iraqi Jews. between legal policies of exploitation and the religious authority 1948–1958 / Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi -- I-You therefore I am. Buber in Persian attire / S. Yasser Mirdamadi -- Part II. The Jewish communities in the MENA region -- Puppets in diaspora / Catherine Soussloff -- Three wars and three exiles. The Jews of Egypt / Mich�ele Baussant -- Did the birth of the State of Israel greatly impact the Jewish Morocco diaspora? In search of a more nuanced narrative / Emanuela Trevisan Semi -- Remnants of neighborliness. Qadhafi's pilgrims and Libyan Jews in a Jerusalem hotel / Harvey Goldberg -- Dreams and reality. Aharon Appelfeld’s transformation of his Jewish-assimilated childhood to the Jewish State of Israel / Wolfgang Treitler.

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