Impossible exodus : Iraqi Jews in Israel / Orit Bashkin.

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Between 1949 and 1951, 123,000 Iraqi Jews immigrated to the newly established Israeli state. Lacking the resources to absorb them all, the Israeli government resettled them in maabarot, or transit camps, relegating them to poverty. In the tents and shacks of the camps, their living conditions were s...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Main Author: Bashkin, Orit, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Jews, Iraqi > Israel > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jews, Iraqi > Civil rights > Israel > History > 20th century.
Jews, Iraqi > Israel > Government relations > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Israel > History > 20th century.
Israel > History > 1948-1967.
Physical Description:x, 305 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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