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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786409103321

Autore

Hodes Joseph

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7735-9051-X

0-7735-9701-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. Series Two ; ; 69

Disciplina

954.004/924

Soggetti

Bene-Israel - History

Jews - India - History

Jews - Identity - History

Freedom of religion - India - History

Freedom of religion - Israel

India Emigration and immigration History

Israel Emigration and immigration History

India Ethnic relations History

Israel Ethnic relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on thesis (doctoral) - York University, 2011, under title: From India to Israel : the journey of a Jewish community.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Bene Israel in Premodern India -- 1 The Modern Period -- 2 Zionism Comes to the Bene Israel -- 3 The Ingathering of Exiles -- 4 Arrival in Israel -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

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.