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Leaving Zion : Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II / Ori Yehudai

Author
Yehudai, Ori, 1973-
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Contents
Displaced in the National Home : Repatriation from British Mandatory Palestine, 1945-48 -- Against the Grain : Remigration to Europe, 1948-1951 -- "An International Scandal," 1951-1957 -- Debating and Restricting Emigration, 1953-1955 -- A New Home in America, 1955-1960.
Summary
The story of Israel's foundation has often been told from the perspective of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. Leaving Zion turns this historical narrative on its head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s. Based on previously unexamined primary sources collected from twenty-two archives in six countries, Ori Yehudai demonstrates that despite the dominant view that displaced Jews should settle in the Jewish homeland, many Jews instead saw the country as a site of displacement or a way-station to more desirable lands. Weaving together the perspectives of governments, aid organizations, Jewish communities and the personal stories of individual migrants, Yehudai brings to light the ideological, political and social tensions surrounding emigration. Covering events in the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, this study provides a fresh transnational perspective on the critical period surrounding the birth of Israel and the post-Holocaust reconstruction of the Jewish world.
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ISBN
9781108777490 (ebook)
9781108478342 (hardback)
9781108702300 (paperback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Apr 2020).
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