Iraqi Jews: A History | 
| Author: Abbas Shiblak
Publisher: Saqi Books
Category: Book
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Pages: 180
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0863565042
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.7004924
EAN: 9780863565045
ASIN: 0863565042
Publication Date: June 1, 2005
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Product Description
The Jews of Iraq constituted one of the oldest and most deeply rooted Jewish communities in the world. But in the early 1950s most of them left for Israel, under circumstances that remain the subject of heated controversy.
Iraqi Jews: A History examines the role of this community, highlighting the critical years of the late 1940s - after the establishment of the state of Israel - when deep rifts began to appear Iraqi society. The sad sequence of events that finally led to the mass exodus of Jews in the 1950s was marked by dishonesty on all sides.
An honest, impartial and well-documented account of a formerly well-integrated and vibrant community, Iraqi Jews: A History is a landmark in the political and social history of the Middle East.
Book Description
Iraqi Jews highlights the links and contributions of the Jewish community to Iraqi society--its emergence in the early 1920s in Iraq, the critical years of the late 1940s, when rifts began to appear with the establishment of the state of Israel, and the events--marked by corruption on both sides--that finally led to the mass exodus of the Jews in the 1950s.
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An important scholarly work April 20, 2006
tarihci202
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
First a correction: The full title of this book is Iraqi Jews: A History of Mass Exodus. This is *not* a general history of Iraqi Jews; rather it specifically and exhaustively addresses the causes and repercussions of the exodus of Jews from Iraq in the period directly after the creation of the state of Israel.
The Jewish population of Iraq, and particularly of Baghdad, constitutes one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world. In 1948, the Jewish population numbered well over 100,000. In the 1957 census, slightly less than 5,000 remained. Today, the number of Jews remaining hovers around 100, mostly elderly, holdouts.
Shiblak, using a wealth of sources, examines the pushes and pulls which created this mass exouds and gives a wealth of information regarding its demographic repercussions.
For those hoping for polemics (and this, like all issues relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, is a point of polemical debate), Shiblak will certainly disappoint. Even the polemically minded, however, will find it hard to resist the wealth of statistical materials he provides. For the casual reader, this short, but very dense, work may be too much of a good thing. It is not a particularly easy read. On the other hand, for serious students of the Arab-Israeli conflict or of the Middle East, this is an invaluable contribution and well worthy of consideration.
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