TY - JOUR
T1 - The jewish community in iraq, 1920-50
T2 - A failed attempt at integration
AU - Gat, Moshe
PY - 1990/11/1
Y1 - 1990/11/1
N2 - At the end of the First World War, the Iraqi Jewish community numbered about 85,000. With the establishment of the Arab Iraqi state in 1920, the leaders of the community advocated the integration of Iraqi Jewry into the national Arab society. Jews held important positions in all fields - economic, social and cultural. Compared to Israel, Iraq was for them a paradise. There they hoped to build their future, which then promised to be bright. Arab Iraqi society, too, expected the Jewish minority to become a part of it and to contribute its talents to the consolidation and strengthening of the state.
AB - At the end of the First World War, the Iraqi Jewish community numbered about 85,000. With the establishment of the Arab Iraqi state in 1920, the leaders of the community advocated the integration of Iraqi Jewry into the national Arab society. Jews held important positions in all fields - economic, social and cultural. Compared to Israel, Iraq was for them a paradise. There they hoped to build their future, which then promised to be bright. Arab Iraqi society, too, expected the Jewish minority to become a part of it and to contribute its talents to the consolidation and strengthening of the state.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928830150&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02619288.1990.9974743
DO - 10.1080/02619288.1990.9974743
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AN - SCOPUS:84928830150
SN - 0261-9288
VL - 9
SP - 269
EP - 289
JO - Immigrants and Minorities
JF - Immigrants and Minorities
IS - 3
ER -