FROM SOFIA TO JAFFA: THE JEWS OF BULGARIA AND ISRAEL
Detroit, Mich. ; Wayne State University Press, 1994. Item #35190
Original Cloth. 8vo. 235 pages. 24 cm. First edition. With a foreword by Raphael Patai. “This work chronicles the saga of the 45, 000 Jews who left Bulgaria to settle in Israel after 1948. It begins with a study of the history and society of the Jewish community in Bulgaria and what motivated them to leave, and then goes on to show how they integrated themselves into the new Israel. ” - Publishers description. Contents: Israeli Social Science Looks at Immigration and Ethnicity; Confronting Mass Immigration; The Emergence of Culture; Introspection and Diversification; The Jews in Bulgaria; From the First Century to the Ottoman Conquest; The Ottoman Period: 1389-1878; From Liberation to World War II: 1878-1940; The War Years: 1940-1944; From Liberation to Emigration: 1944-1949; The Jews of Bulgaria in Israel; Theoretical Approaches; Components of Identity; Folklore and Identity. Subjects: Jews - Bulgaria - History. Jews - Bulgaria - Folklore. Folklore - Bulgaria. Jews, Bulgarian - Israel. Emigration and immigration. Ethnic relations. Folklore. Jews. Jews, Bulgarian. Manners and customs. Bulgaria - Social life and customs. Bulgaria - Ethnic relations. Israel - Ethnic relations. Israel - Emigration and immigration. Clean and fresh in very good jacket. Very good condition. (SEF-52-55) xx.
Price: $100.00