ISBN:
9781108777490
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 268 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2020
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.8095694
Keywords:
Geschichte 1945-1959
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Return migration History 20th century
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Return migration History 20th century
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Jews Migrations 20th century
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History
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Zionism
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Auswanderung
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Palestine Emigration and immigration 20th century
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History
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Israel Emigration and immigration 20th century
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History
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United States Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
Palästina
;
Israel
;
Israel
;
Palästina
;
Auswanderung
;
Geschichte 1945-1959
Abstract:
The story of Israel's foundation has often been told from the perspective of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. Leaving Zion turns this historical narrative on its head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s. Based on previously unexamined primary sources collected from twenty-two archives in six countries, Ori Yehudai demonstrates that despite the dominant view that displaced Jews should settle in the Jewish homeland, many Jews instead saw the country as a site of displacement or a way-station to more desirable lands. Weaving together the perspectives of governments, aid organizations, Jewish communities and the personal stories of individual migrants, Yehudai brings to light the ideological, political and social tensions surrounding emigration. Covering events in the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, this study provides a fresh transnational perspective on the critical period surrounding the birth of Israel and the post-Holocaust reconstruction of the Jewish world
DOI:
10.1017/9781108777490
URL:
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