Title Leaving Zion : Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II / Ori Yehudai

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) : illustrations Contents Displaced in the National Home : Repatriation from British Mandatory Palestine, 1945-48 -- Against the Grain : Remigration to Europe, 1948-1951 -- "An International Scandal," 1951-1957 -- Debating and Restricting Emigration, 1953-1955 -- A New Home in America, 1955-1960 Summary "This book explores Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel from 1945 to the early 1960s. It investigates the motivations behind emigration, the experiences of migrants in their new destinations, and the public and institutional reactions to emigration both in Israel and in receiving countries. Although the dominant view in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds was that displaced Jews should settle in the Land of Israel, tens of thousands of Jews who immigrated to the country subsequently left, either returning to their homes in Europe and the Middle East, or heading to new destinations, mainly in North America. While the Zionist movement aspired to create a sense of Jewish rootedness and permanence in the soil of the Land of Israel, the study argues that many Jews saw the country not as a permanent homeland or a final destination, but as a site of displacement or a way-station to more desirable lands. Based on personal accounts of emigrants, on archives of government institutions both in Israel and in destination countries, on records of aid societies and Jewish diaspora communities and on the popular press, the book challenges the widely-held assumption that Zionism provided an automatic answer to the plight of Jewish refugees after World War II"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2020) Subject Return migration -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Return migration -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century Jews -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century Zionism. Emigration and immigration Jews -- Migrations Return migration Zionism SUBJECT Palestine -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century Subject Europe Israel Middle East Middle East -- Palestine United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019049516 ISBN 9781108777490 110877749X

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