Departing from the Narrative
A new book about Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel in the post-war period changes the Zionist concept of yeridah into a history of migration.
Avery Weinman is a PhD student in the UCLA Department of History and the Harry C. Sigman Graduate Fellow at the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. In general she works on Jewish history in the modern Middle East and North Africa, and in particular she researches Sephardi and Mizrahi youth who joined radical Zionist organizations in British Mandatory Palestine. She is also a host for the New Books Network’s series in Jewish Studies, Israel Studies, and Middle East Studies.
A new book about Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel in the post-war period changes the Zionist concept of yeridah into a history of migration.