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New Babylonians : A History of Jews in Modern Iraq /

Although Iraqi Jews saw themselves as Iraqi patriots, their community-which had existed in Iraq for more than 2,500 years-was displaced following the establishment of the state of Israel. New Babylonians chronicles the lives of these Jews, their urban Arab culture, and their hopes for a democratic n...

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Autor principal: Bashkin, Orit (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Brothers and Others: Iraqi Identity and Arab Jewishness
  • 2. Nationalism and Patriotism: Visions of the Nation
  • 3. The Effendia: Questions of Secularism and Judaism
  • 4. Friends, Neighbors, and Enemies: Fascism, Anti-Semitism, and the Farhud
  • 5. Red Baghdad: Iraqi Jews and the ICP, 1941-51
  • 6. An End? Iraqi Jews and the Iraqi State, 1946-51
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index