Immigration as solution for Moroccan Jewry – the three immigration waves (1948-1951, 1954-1956, 1961-1964) - The problematic status of Moroccan Olim in young Israel – Symbol of the Ethnic Problem – In the periphery – Power in politics – Influence on Israeli culture
Please find the readings here:
1. Ami Bouganim, "Cradle of the Wind", in op. cit., pp. 55-64.
2. Oumama Aouad Lahrech, "Esther and I", in op. cit., pp. 65-84.
3. Y. Tsur, "Carnival Fears – Moroccans Immigrants and the Ethnic Problem in the Young State of Israel", The Journal of Israeli History, Vol. 18 (1997), no. 1, pp. 73-103.
Questions and points to think about:
- Explain the complexity of the "ethnic problem" referred to in the article's intro?
- Two texts:"Integrative" and "Reserved"
- "Integrative" Report by Ephraim Friedman - What were the factors for encouraging mass North African aliyah to Israel?
- Is this a cry for help?
- "Reserved" text: "Yemenite Immigration and the African Problem"
- What was the perception of the North African immigrants according to this report?
- What was the feeling towards the Ashkenazi sector (as described on p.82)?
- In what way was the Yishuv responsible for the welfare of the new immigrants (p. 85)
- Despite Gelblum's overwhelming negativity towards the Moroccan immigrants, what was the one positive attribute that he afforded them?
- Describe the discrimination felt among the immigrants as part of the 'ethnic problem'?
- What was the fear of the post-1949 imbalance posed by the new demographic phenomenon?
- What was problematic with Gelblum's comparison of Israel to France (p.96)
- Why did the Mizrahi Jews support Revisionist Zionism?
- What was the problem referred to on p.99?
- How did Moroccan Jews react to a rejection of sorts in their national home?
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