Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel

"An exceptional exposé of the sufferings of the Iraqi and Mizrahi Jews in Israel during the 1950s." —Övg Ülgen, Shofar

Between 1949 and 1951, 123,000 Iraqi Jews immigrated to the newly established Israeli state. Lacking the resources to absorb them all, the Israeli government resettled them in maabarot, or transit camps, relegating them to poverty. In the tents and shacks of the camps, their living conditions were squalid and unsanitary. Basic necessities like water were in short supply, wh...