From India to Israel :: identity, immigration and the struggle for religious equality /

Between May 1948 and December 1951, Israel received approximately 684,000 immigrants from across the globe. This book examines Israel's first decades through the perspective of an Indian Jewish community, the Bene Israel, who would go on to play an important role in the creation of the state.

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Main Author: Hodes, Joseph, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. no. 69.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Between May 1948 and December 1951, Israel received approximately 684,000 immigrants from across the globe. This book examines Israel's first decades through the perspective of an Indian Jewish community, the Bene Israel, who would go on to play an important role in the creation of the state.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) - York University, 2011, under title: From India to Israel : the journey of a Jewish community.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 210 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
ISBN:9780773597013
0773597018
9780773543393
0773543392
9780773543409
0773543406

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