To Baghdad and back: the miraculous 2,000 year homecoming of the Iraqui Jews
TitelTo Baghdad and back: the miraculous 2,000 year homecoming of the Iraqui Jews
Call number956.7004924/0004
Inventarnummer03869
ErscheinungsortJerusalem, Israel
VerlagGefen Publishing House
Erscheinungsjahr
1998
Seiten367p.
MaterialBuch
ISBN9652291951
Beschreibung
Chronicles the clandestine exodus of 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel from 1949-52, known as Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, thanks to the efforts from Israel and activists of the 'Halutz' movement in Iraq. Appends letters of Ben-Gurion and Yizhak Hofi, the investigating committee report, details of the Ezra and Nehemiah Campaign, Halutz Movement activist list, and minutes of the 1951 Cabinet meeting where a decision was made on direct flights.