Immigrants in Turmoil: Mass Immigration to Israel and Its Repercussions in the 1950s and After
Drawing primarily on documents in public archives, Hacohen (modern Jewish history, Bar-Ilan U., Israel), offers a panorama of problems relating to immigration and absorption, rather than focusing on any specific issue. The study was developed from her doctoral dissertation for Bar-Ilan University. To the Hebrew Oliln be-Se'ara, published by adIzhak Ben-Zvi (no date noted), she has added a chapter on the nature of the waves of immigration over fifty years. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc.,...
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IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction11Policy in the Making122Policy Put to the Test583Financial Crisis and Policy Implications954From Immigrant Camps to Ma'abarot: Housing, Employment, and Health1295The Conflict over Education1626Confronting the Old-Timers1877Changes in Immigration and Absorption Policy2228Immigration During 1948-98 and Its Ramifications on Israeli Society251App. AAliyah to Israel by Country of Origin and Year of Aliyah, 14 May 1948-31 December 1953267App. BImmigrants by Country of Origin and Year of Aliyah, 1948-53268App. CImmigrants in Camps and Ma'abarot, May 1950-May 1952269App. DImmigrants by Place of Absorption, 15 May 1948-1 August 1954270App. ENumber of Immigrants to Israel, 15 May 1948-31 December 1951271Notes273Glossary297Bibliography299Index309
