From India to Israel - Identity, Immigration, and the Struggle for Religious Equality Volume 2

Joseph Hodes is a visiting assistant professor of Middle Eastern history at Tulane University.

About the author

Joseph Hodes is a visiting assistant professor of Middle Eastern history at Tulane University.

Summary

Between May 1948 and December 1951, Israel received approximately 684,000 immigrants from across the globe. This book examines Israel's first decades through the perspective of an Indian Jewish community, the Bene Israel, who would go on to play an important role in the creation of the state.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Hodes
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2015
• EAN: 9780773543409
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-4340-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion; McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Religion; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Re
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)