Title From India to Israel : identity, immigration and the struggle for religious equality / Joseph Hodes.

Publication Info.	Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
	Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 210 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; no. 69
	McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; no. 69.
Note	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) - York University, 2011, under title: From India to Israel : the journey of a Jewish community.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
Contents	Introduction: The Bene Israel in Premodern India -- 1 The Modern Period -- 2 Zionism Comes to the Bene Israel -- 3 The Ingathering of Exiles -- 4 Arrival in Israel -- Conclusion.
Summary	Between May 1948 and December 1951, Israel received approximately 684,000 immigrants from across the globe. This book examines Israel's first decades through the perspective of an Indian Jewish community, the Bene Israel, who would go on to play an important role in the creation of the state.
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Subject	Bene-Israel -- History.
	Bene-Israel.
	History.
	Jews -- India -- History.
	Jews.
	India.
	Jews -- Identity -- History.
	Jews -- Identity.
	Freedom of religion -- India -- History.
	Freedom of religion.
	Freedom of religion -- Israel -- History.
	Israel.
	India -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
	Emigration and immigration.
	Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
	India -- Ethnic relations -- History.
	Ethnic relations.
	Israel -- Ethnic relations -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version:Hodes, Joseph, 1976-, author. From India to Israel. McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; (CaOONL)20139086757
ISBN	9780773597013 (electronic book)
	0773597018 (electronic book)
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	9780773543393
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	9780773543409
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