The Jewish diaspora after 1945 : a study of Jewish communities in the Middle East and North Africa / edited by Behnaz Hosseini
- Published
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Physical Description
- xxiii, 150 pages ; 22 cm
- Additional Creators
- Hosseini, S. Behnaz
- Contents
- Foreword / Lior Sternfeld -- Introduction and volume overview / Birgit Ammann -- Part I. The Jewish diaspora in Iran and Iraq. Oudlājān 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 / Michèle 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 periodin 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 majority non-Jewish communities among whom they dwelt: their mass expulsion and emigration after World War II ended the existence of a vital part of nearly all the societies in the region"--
- Subject(s)
- 1900-1999
- Jewish diaspora—History—20th century
- Jews—Middle East—History—20th century
- Jews—Africa, North—History—20th century
- Jews—Middle East—Social life and customs
- Jews—Africa, North—Social life and customs
- Diaspora juive—Histoire—20e siècle
- Jewish diaspora
- Jews
- Jews—Social life and customs
- Jews—Iran—History—20th century
- Jews—Iraq—History—20th century
- Middle East
- North Africa
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781527559813 (hardcover)
1527559815 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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