Jewish Exodus From Iraq, 1948-1951

In this study, Moshe Gat details how the immigration of the Jews from Iraq in effect marked the eradication of one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted Diaspora communities.

List of contents

Choice- "The most important assessment in English. It is highly recommended. "

Middle Eastern Studies- "a well researched and documented three years drama of the decline and fall of a 2,500-year-old community"

Journal of Palestine Studies - "At the very least, this should provoke further exploration of what Ben-Gurion termed "cruel Zionism", a phrase conspicuously absent from Gat"s book".

The International History Review - "..Kaiser"s thorough and lively work..."

Middle East Journal- "Moshe Gat addresses many of the central issues surrounding the emigration debate, covering already familiar territory while adding some interesting new details and hypotheses to the literature."

Australian Jewish News- " Gat offers what is perhaps the first balanced and genuinely scholarly account of the exodus"

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About the author

Moshe Gat

Summary

In this study, Moshe Gat details how the immigration of the Jews from Iraq in effect marked the eradication of one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted Diaspora communities.

Product details

• Authors: Moshe Gat, Gat Moshe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1997
• EAN: 9780714646893
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-4689-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Israel, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, Jewish Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Migration, immigration and emigration, c 1950 to c 1959, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, Civil rights & citizenship, Relating to Jewish people and groups, C 1945 To C 1960, Civics and citizenship, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples