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Unwitting Zionists : the Jewish community of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gavish, Haya
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2010]
Series:Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
Subjects:
Zionism > Iraq > Zākhū > History.
Jews > Iraq > Zākhū > History > 20th century.
Zākhū (Iraq) > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Between folklore and history
  • Zakho, an island in the river
  • Religious attachment to Eretz Israel
  • Rabbinical emissaries: a bridge to Eretz Israel
  • Aliyah in the prestate period: the historical context
  • The British mandate period: aliyah at all costs
  • Zionism in Zakho: Zionist cell or center for illegal immigration?
  • Social upheaval and national emancipation, 1950-51.