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Being Indian, Being Israeli: Migration, Ethnicity & Gender in the Jewish Homeland

Autor Maina Chawla Singh
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 2008
The story of the Jews of India has often been told by historians, anthropologists and sometimes by Indian Jews themselves recounting their family histories in India, the land of their birth over many generations. We know that Indian Jewish communities: the Bene Israelis in Bombay, Poona, Ahmedabad and Jabalpur, the Baghdadis in Calcutta and Bombay and the Kerala Jews in Cochin, Parur or Chendamangalam lived peacefully in pluralistic neighbourhoods experiencing no anti-semitism. However, when Israel was established, thousands of Indian Jews were inspired and like their cousins from other parts of the globe, migrated to the Jewish Homeland. Yet, today 60 years since the first Jewish families made aliya' and migrated to Israel (1949), little is known about this community of 70,000 Indian Jews scattered across Israel. This book, for the first time, presents a deeply researched analysis of all three Jewish communities from India, studying them holistically as Indian-Israelis' with shared histories of migration, acculturation and identity in the Jewish Homeland. Based on extensive fieldwork and ethnographic research conducted among Indian Jews across Israel between 2005-8, the book reflects the author's deep engagement and familiarity with Israeli society and the complexities of ethnicity and class that underlie the cleavages within Israeli Jewish society. The volume vividly captures the immigrant experiences of first-generation Indian Jewish men and women. The tapestry of these narratives and lived experiences is skilfully woven into theoretical insights illustrating how ethnicity, gender and class intersect with Jewish-ness' to create complex identities of Being Indian' and Being Israeli'. The author's deep engagement with the Indian-Israeli community and her accessible style enrich this book for readers across a wide range of interests.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9788173048395
ISBN-10: 8173048398
Pagini: 258
Ilustrații: 14 b/w illus
Dimensiuni: 145 x 225 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Manohar Publishers
Colecția Manohar Publishers (IND)

Cuprins

Foreword; Preface; Glossary; Migration, Diaspora & Indian Jews in Israel; Where Are the Indian Jews Today? Immigration & the Israeli Setting; Emigration from India: When We Came to the Land of Milk & Honey . . .; Accountants as Watchmen & Clerks Digging Roads: Negotiating Work & Professions; Raising Jewish Families in Israel: Gender, Religious Practice & Life Cycle Rituals; Mediating Assimilation & Separation: Community Networks, National Politics & Indian-Israeli Identity; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.