Forgotten Millions: The Modern Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands
By (Author) Malka Hillel Shulewitz
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st October 1999
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Migration, immigration and emigration
Social and cultural history
304.8089924056
Paperback
258
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
400g
This volume tells the story of the modern Jewish exodus from Arab lands which include: present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Jewish presence in these lands preceded the rise of Islam by more than 1000 years and Jewish communities often played a leading role in the development of specific regions. In 1948, when the state of Israel was declared, there were an estimated 860,000 Jews in these areas. By 1976 the Jewish people had virtually disappeared. In 1999 only around 20,000 Jews remain within Arab lands, mainly in North Africa.
"These essays by ten scholars of Middle Eastern history dealing with the exodus of Jews from Arab lands, where they had lived in some instances for 2,500 years, should be required reading....This book provides an in-depth history and analysis of minorities in Arab countries, with its special focus on Jews. Although half a century has elapsed since the beginning of the refugee problems, both Jewish and Arab...this book corrects the distortions of Arab claims and presents substantial evidence supporting the contention that the Jews failed to receive recognition by the international community of their plight."--Emuna Magazine
"These essays by ten scholars of Middle Eastern history dealing with the exodus of Jews from Arab lands where they had lived, in some instances, for 2,500 years, should be required reading for those discussing the question of compensation or return of Palestinian refugees as part of a peace agreement with Arafat. . . . This book provides an in-depth history and analysis of the situation of minorities in Arab countries, with its special focus on Jews. . . . The Forgotten Millions is an important and timely volume which focuses on people whose history we have almost forgotten, whose exodus, resettlement and restitution claims have been overshadowed by the Holocaust and by the more recent immigrations from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia. . . . This book corrects the distortions of Arab claims."-Emunah Magazine
"[The essays] highlight important issues of which readers should be better aware."--Jewish Book World
"This book is a scholarly work and a fascinating one at that....Read the book; see if you agree."--The Jewish Press and The Jewish Post and Opinion
Malka Hillel Shulewitz is a lecturer and writer. She has participated in the work of many organizations, including serving for seventween years as Executive Director and Publications Editor of the Israel Academic Committee on the Middle East, and is a founding member of the World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries.