The dispersion of Egyptian Jewry : culture, politics, and the formation of a modern diaspora /

The dispersion of Egyptian Jewry : culture, politics, and the formation of a modern diaspora /

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Main Author: Beinin, Joel, 1948- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.

Series: Contraversions ; 11.

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli conflict.
Jews > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Jews > Egypt > Politics and government.
Jews, Egyptian > Israel.
Karaites > Egypt.
Operation Susannah.
Egypt > Ethnic relations.

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Call Number: DS135 .E4 B45 1998

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction Pt. 1. Discourses and Materialities of Identity. 2. Communitarianisms, Nationalisms, Nostalgias. 3. Citizens, Dhimmis, and Subversives. 4. Nazis and Spies: The Discourse of Operation Susannah Pt. 2. Diasporas and the Reconstruction of Identity. 5. The Graduates of ha-Shomer ha-Tza'ir in Israel. 6. The Communist Emigres in France. 7. The Karaites of the San Francisco Bay Area Pt. 3. Egyptian-Israeli Peace and Egyptian Jewish Histories. 8. The Recovery of Egyptian Jewish Identity. 9. Opposing Camp David and Remembering the Jews of Egypt: Trends in Recent Egyptian Historical Writing. App. Interview with Jacques Hassoun: "I am Jewish because I am Egyptian. I am Egyptian because I am Jewish."