Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
26,1 (2021) 196-218
Keywords:
Feinberg, Olga,
;
Lehrs, Yosef,
;
Public health History 20th century
;
Physicians
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Arab-Israeli conflict 1917-1948, British Mandate period
;
Palestinian Arabs Medical care
;
Eretz Israel Social conditions 1917-1948, British Mandate period
Abstract:
The article presents in a preliminary manner, a historical and geographical phenomenon that has yet to be dealt with extensively: The settlement and activities of Jewish medical personnel working alone in Arab towns and villages from the beginning of the Mandate period till the outbreak of the Arab Revolt:, the motives which led Jewish doctors to settle in Arab cities; the characteristics of their activities, medical and cultural; the relations they formed with the local Arab populace; and the circumstances which eventually led to the end of their activities in these cities. A sensitive reading of related sources may offer a deeper insight into the phenomenon as it was perceived within the bi-national context—mainly on the Jewish side, but on the Arab side as well. The article is based on current research dealing with Jews in Arab cities during the Mandate period, with a primary focus on several Jewish physicians who worked within an Arab milieu before the Arab Revolt.
DOI:
10.2979/israelstudies.26.1.10
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