Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Zionism and the birth of Israel -- Jews : their history, education and social status -- The rise of political Zionism in Iran -- International factors -- Domestic factors : the pull factors in making Aliyah in both 1951 and 1979 -- Iranian Jewry's process of making Aliyah and their integration in Israel in 1951 and 1979 -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Since the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, more than 40,000 Iranian Jews have moved to Israel, with the last big wave arriving after the Iranian Revolution of 1978/79. As the governments of these two states continue to display animosity towards each other, an examination of the Jews of Iran who now live in Israel provides important insights into the nature of the relationship between these two key countries in the Middle East. Alessandra Cecolin combines a historical approach to the patterns of Iranian Jewish emigration to Israel with a political analysis of Iranian-Israeli relations, exploring how the political and diplomatic interactions between the two have shaped the processes of emigration and integration of Iranian Jewry in Israel. In this book she explores how this community is often caught between a Persian cultural identity and Israeli nationality, and draws out the implications this has both for the community in Israel and for the wider region."--Publisher's website.
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