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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.

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 centu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Hosseini, S. Behnaz (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020.
Subjects:
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.
Jewish diaspora.
Jews > Social life and customs.
Jews.
Middle East.
North Africa.
History.
Table of 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.

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