Magic Carpet Exodus of Yemenite Jewry
Esther Meir-Glitzenstein
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
In 1949-50 "Operation Magic Carpet" brought the majority of the Jews of Yemen to Israel through secret co-operation between the Imam of Yemen, the British colonial rulers of Aden, the Israeli Government, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). In order to immigrate to Israel, Yemenite Jews sold or abandoned their property, took their sacred books with them, and set out on foot, trekking many difficult and treacherous kilometres to reach the southern border of Yemen and cross into Aden. When they arrived in Aden they were located in a transit camp, from which they were later flown to ... Read more
In 1949-50 "Operation Magic Carpet" brought the majority of the Jews of Yemen to Israel through secret co-operation between the Imam of Yemen, the British colonial rulers of Aden, the Israeli Government, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). In order to immigrate to Israel, Yemenite Jews sold or abandoned their property, took their sacred books with them, and set out on foot, trekking many difficult and treacherous kilometres to reach the southern border of Yemen and cross into Aden. When they arrived in Aden they were located in a transit camp, from which they were later flown to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196165
SKU
V9781845196165
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About Esther Meir-Glitzenstein
Esther Meir-Glitzenstein is Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is the author of: Zionism in an Arab Country: Iraqi Jews in the 20th Century (Routledge 2004) and From Baghdad to Ramat-Gan: Iraqi Jews in Israel (Yad Ben Zvi Publishers 2009, Hebrew).
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