Iranian Jews in Israel : between Persian cultural identity and Israeli nationalism / Alessandra Cecolin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cecolin, Alessandra, author.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; vol. 179.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews, Iranian--Israel.

Jews, Iranian.

Jews--Iran--Identity.

Jews.

Jews--Israel--Identity.

Emigration and immigration.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Israel.

Israel--Foreign relations--Iran.

International relations.

Iran.

Iran--Foreign relations--Israel.

Iran--Emigration and immigration.

Israel--Emigration and immigration.

Diplomatic relations.

Jews--Identity.

Physical Description:

x, 182 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Summary:

Since the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, more than 40,000 Iranian Jews have moved to Israel, with the last big wave arriving after the Iranian Revolution of 1978/9. As the governments of these two states continue to display animosity towards each other, an examination of the Jews of Iran who now live in Israel provides important insights into the nature of the relationship between these two key countries in the Middle East. Alessandra Cecolin combines a historical approach to the patterns of Iranian Jewish emigration to Israel with a political analysis of Iranian-Israeli relations, exploring how the political and diplomatic interactions between the two have shaped the processes of emigration and integration of Iranian Jewry m Israel. Beginning with an examination of the rise of Zionism m Europe in the late nineteenth century and its roots in European political ideologies and the history of Ashkenazi Jews, Cecolin explores the socio-cultural differences between European Jews and Iranian Jews by giving an historical overview of the Jews in Iran. Iranian Jews in Israel then goes on to investigate the rise of political Zionism in Iran in the early 1940s and its cultural impact on the Jewish community there. It is through this that Cecolin highlights the effects of early Zionist ideology and activity on Iranian Jews, and the beginnings of a wave of immigration to the newly established State of Israel after 1948. Comparing this earlier wave to later ones in the 1960s and 1970s. Cecolin is able to explore the social-political and cultural environments char immigrants from Iran faced in Israel, and how these have developed over time. In Iranian Jews in Israel Cecolin explores how this community is often caught between a Persian cultural identity and Israeli nationality, and draws out the implications this has both for the community in Israel and for the wider region. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Zionism and the Birth of Israel 8

2 Jews: Their History, Education and Social Status 32

3 The Rise of Political Zionism in Iran 60

4 International Factors 82

5 Domestic Factors: The Pull Factors in Making Aliyah in both 1951 and 1979 105

6 Iranian Jewry's Process of Making Aliyah and their Integration in Israel in 1951 and 1979 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-179) and index.

ISBN:

9781784533113

1784533114

OCLC:

930017818