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The Jews of Egypt, 1920-1970 : in the midst of Zionism, anti-Semitism, and the Middle East conflict

Title: The Jews of Egypt, 1920-1970 : in the midst of Zionism, anti-Semitism, and the Middle East conflict / Michael M. Laskier.
Author: Laskier, Michael M., 1949-
Publication: New York : New York University Press, ©1992.

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Description

xiv, 326 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

An examination of the political and social situation of Egypt's Jews, their connections with the Yishuv and with Israel, and their situation under changing Egyptian conditions. Describes anti-Jewish activities in Egypt from the 1920s, including the 1938-39 demonstrations of the Young Egypt movement against Jews, calling for their expulsion from Egypt and Palestine, and the anti-Zionist riots of 1948. With Israel's independence, questions regarding the loyalty of Egyptian Jews and antisemitism began to gain force within government circles and were expressed in the media, although ordinary Egyptians did not hate Jews in the way Europeans did and Jews were not treated with particular cruelty. Suggests that even if Israel had not existed, Jews would have left Egypt after its independence due to its economic decline.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.

Contents

The Jews of Egypt and the Yishuv : aspects of Jewish solidarity, 1920-1939 -- Zionists and non-Zionists : their reactions to anti-Semitism in Europe and the Middle East, 1933-1938 -- The political and social conditions of Egypt's Jewry during the Second World War : 1939-1945 -- The efforts of the Yishuv's emissaries to promote Zionist causes and emigration to Palestine : 1942-1948 -- The political situation of Egyptian Jewry from the Palestine war to the Egyptian revolution : 15 May 1948-23 July 1952 -- Jewish emigration to Israel, 1948-1952 : the roles played by the Zionist underground apparatus and the Mossad Le'Aliya -- The Jews under the new regime : the transition from Muḥammad Naguib to Gamal Abdel Nasser and "the mishap" of 1954 -- The Jewish communities from the 1956 Sinai campaign until the death of Nasser : October 1956-September 1970 -- Conclusion.

ISBN

0814750583
9780814750582
0814750788
9780814750780

LCCN

91031182

OCLC

ocm24319931
24319931
SCSB-14417683

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Princeton University Library