The Arab Jews : a postcolonial reading of nationalism, religion, and ethnicity /

Shenhav, Yehouda A.,

The Arab Jews : a postcolonial reading of nationalism, religion, and ethnicity / Yehouda Shenhav. - xiv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The "discovery" of the Arab Jews -- Encounter in Abadan : colonialism, Eurocentrism, and Jewish Orientalism -- How did the Arab Jews become religious and Zionist? -- What do the Arab Jews and the Palestinians have in common? : population exchange, the right of return, and the politics of reparations -- The Arab Jews and Zionist historical memory.


Text in English ; translated from the original Hebrew.


0804752966 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804752961


Jews, Oriental--Cultural assimilation--Israel.
Jews--Migrations.--Arab countries
Politics and culture.
Ethnicity--Israel.


Israel--Emigration and immigration.
Israel--Ethnic relations.

--Reading book

956.9405 / SHE