North African Jewry in the twentieth century: the Jews of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria

Before widescale emigration in the early 1960s, North Africa's Jewish communities were among the largest in the world. Without Jewish emigrants from North Africa, Israel's dynamic growth would simply not have occured. North African Jews, also called Maghribi, strengthed the new Israeli sta...

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Main Author: Lasḳier, Mikhaʾel M. 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York New York University Press [2020?]
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Summary:Before widescale emigration in the early 1960s, North Africa's Jewish communities were among the largest in the world. Without Jewish emigrants from North Africa, Israel's dynamic growth would simply not have occured. North African Jews, also called Maghribi, strengthed the new Israeli state through their settlements, often becoming the victims of Arab-Israeli conflicts and terrorist attacks. Their contribution and struggles are, in many ways, akin to the challenges emigrants from the former Soviet Union are currently encountering in Israel. Today, these North African Jewish communities are a vital force in Israeli society and politics as well as in France and Quebec. In the first major political history of North African Jewry, Michael Laskier paints a compelling picture of three Third World Jewish communities, tracing their exposure to modernization and their relations with the Muslims and the European settlers.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 400 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780814765364
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9780814765364.001.0001

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