Unwitting Zionists
Subtitle: the Jewish community of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan
By: Haya Gavish.
Series: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780814333662
Subjects: Jews -- Iraq -- Zākhū -- History -- 20th century; Zionism -- Iraq -- Zākhū -- History; Zākhū (Iraq) -- Ethnic relations
Work titles: Hayinu Tsiyonim.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Between folklore and history; title: Zakho, an island in the river; title: Religious attachment to Eretz Israel; title: Rabbinical emissaries: a bridge to Eretz Israel; title: Aliyah in the prestate period: the historical context; title: The British mandate period: aliyah at all costs; title: Zionism in Zakho: Zionist cell or center for illegal immigration?; title: Social upheaval and national emancipation, 1950-51.