The Jewish Community of Acre in Mandatory Palestine

The Story of a Forgotten Community
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-125292-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

For a brief moment in the history of Acre, there was a Hebrew community that linked old and new settlements. It had a national-Zionist orientation and consisted of Jews of local and Mizrachic origin. This community is no longer visible in the cityscape, and its history has disappeared from the collective Zionist memory - but it played a role in building the Jewish national community in Palestine. The unusual history of Acre shows how it succeeded in attracting new, nationalist settlers.
The book seeks to illuminate the complexity and diversity of the Zionist enterprise in relation to the Arab and mixed towns of Mandatory Palestine by raising questions about the relationship between the "history of a place" and "national history." By describing the failure of the Hebrew settlement in the Mandate territory of Acre, the book views the Zionist project as a fascinating intersection between the dreams of those who created the leading narratives and between local interests and the unique geographical conditions of the region.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in the field of Zionist history, history of the Yishuv a / Forschende im Bereich Geschichte des Zionismus, des Yishuv und Pa

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kidron, Anat

Linder Yarkony, Shuli

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Über Autor(innen)

Anat Kidron, Tel Hai Academic College, und Shuly Linder-Yarkoni, Stadtarchiv Haifa, Israel.

Anat Kidron, Tel Hai Academic College, und Shuly Linder-Yarkoni, Haifa City Archive, Israel.