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Unwitting Zionists : the Jewish community of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan / Haya Gavish.
Van Pelt Library DS135.I712 Z353513 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gavish, Haya.
- Series:
- Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
- Standardized Title:
- Hayinu Tsiyonim. English
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Iraq--Zākhū--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Zionism--Iraq--Zākhū--History.
- Zionism.
- History.
- Zākhū (Iraq)--Ethnic relations.
- Zākhū (Iraq).
- Iraq--Zākhū.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 439 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2010]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814333662
- 0814333664
- OCLC:
- 318879446
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