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

Author
Gavish, Haya [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Translated from
Hebrew
Published/​Created
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2010.
Description
xi, 439 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Series
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9780814333662 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0814333664 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009028350
OCLC
318879446
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