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Moroccan Jews in France and Canada
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Cohen explores the many vivid memories of departures that she encountered when collecting oral histories of migrants both in France and in Quebec. She notes the deep attachment some of them have to their King and to Morocco, making this an exception in the Arab Muslim world. The main disruptive forces in the displacement of these populations were French colonialism and its emancipatory promises and Zionism, both messianic and modern.
After the establishment of the State of Israel and the subsequent Israel-Arab wars, most of them joined in the mass exodus of Jews from Arab lands, leaving their countries for Israel. With the demise of the French colonial empire and the decolonization process, a minority of westernized Jews went to France and to Canada, with the help of transnational Jewish organizations.
In Montreal, a city with a strong multi-ethnic Jewish community, those migrants understood the crucial aspect of French language as an essential factor of integration. Yet, analyzing their trajectories and the words they used to represent their exile, allows us to understand the underlying traumas.
Product details
Number of Pages:
156
Release Date:
2025-11-05
Publication Date:
2025-11-05
Publisher:
University of Ottawa Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0776645153
ISBN13:
9780776645155
Weight:
387 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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