Iranian Jews in Israel: Between Persian Cultural Identity and Israeli Nationalism

by Alessandra Cecolin

Overview

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 1978/79. 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 in Israel. In this book she 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857738417
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/28/2015
Series:	Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	497 KB

About the Author

Alessandra Cecolin is a Visiting Tutor at the Department of History, Goldsmiths, University of London. She holds a PhD from the Department of Languages and Culture of the Near and Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Zionism and the Birth of Israel

Chapter 2: Iranian Jews: Their History, Education and Social Status

Chapter 3: The Rise of Political Zionism in Iran

Chapter 4: International Factors

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

Chapter 6: The Process of Making Aliyah of Iranian Jewry and their Absorption in Israel in 1951 and 1979

Conclusion