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A Family who immigrated from Yemen at Metzilat Tzion, March 1950

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Between Two Homelands: Argentine Migration to and from Israel

🇦🇷 Between Two Homelands: Argentine Migration to and from Israel, escrito por Adrián Krupnik, analiza las experiencias de miles de judíos argentinos que emigraron entre Argentina e Israel durante el siglo XX y principios del XXI. El estudio desafía la narrativa sionista dominante, que idealiza la inmigración a Israel (conocida como aliyah) y estigmatiza la emigración (denominada yerida) como un acto vergonzoso. Krupnik explora cómo los migrantes de entre 1980 y 2006 fueron afectados por las crisis políticas y económicas tanto en Argentina, que atravesaba recesiones prolongadas, como en Israel, inmerso en el conflicto de las intifadas. A través de entrevistas y documentos en inglés, español y hebreo, el autor da voz a los migrantes y profundiza en temas de identidad y pertenencia, revelando cómo la búsqueda de prosperidad económica y paz ha sido una motivación central, aunque muchas veces con resultados desilusionantes. Krupnik utiliza ejemplos de microhistorias, como las revistas La Luz y Aurora y el moshav Kochav Sobel, para dar una perspectiva más cercana a las experiencias individuales dentro de este proceso migratorio complejo. Esta obra se presenta como una advertencia sobre las migraciones globales impulsadas por crisis económicas, políticas y ambientales, subrayando las difíciles realidades de un mundo cada vez más globalizado.

Between Two Homelands

Examines the experiences of thousands of Jewish Argentines who migrated to and from Israel Emigration from Israel to other parts of the worl

🇺🇸 Between Two Homelands: Argentine Migration to and from Israel, written by Adrián Krupnik, examines the experiences of thousands of Jewish Argentines who migrated between Argentina and Israel throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. The study challenges the dominant Zionist narrative, which idealizes immigration to Israel (known as aliyah) and stigmatizes emigration (referred to as yerida) as a disgraceful act. Krupnik explores how migrants between 1980 and 2006 were impacted by political and economic crises both in Argentina, enduring prolonged recessions, and in Israel, immersed in the violence of the intifadas. Through interviews and documents in English, Spanish, and Hebrew, the author gives a voice to migrants and delves into themes of identity and belonging, revealing how the pursuit of economic prosperity and peace has often led to disillusionment. Krupnik uses microhistories, such as the journals La Luz and Aurora and the moshav Kochav Sobel, to provide a closer view of individual experiences within this complex migration process. This work serves as a cautionary tale about global migration driven by economic, political, and environmental upheaval, highlighting the difficult realities of an increasingly globalized world.

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Inbar Regev, an eight-year-old Israeli girl, touches her pet python while swimming in her backyard pool in Ge'a, southern Israel Credit: Amir Cohen/REUTERS

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Collection item of the week: Postcard depicting Yesud HaMa'ala,. Edition Moshe Ordmann Nr. 54 Edition Moshe Ordmann, Tel Aviv ca. 1920

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An elderly Jewish Moroccan man touches the mezuzah of his new home in Ahuzam, Israel; 1954. x

Ahuzam is a moshav which was established in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Morocco as part of the Haoved Hazioni movement. In December 1955, a fight took place between the members of the community who preferred a secular education for their children and those who preferred a religious education.  For several years, this fight continued but was finally resolved in 1958 when a religious school was opened alongside a secular one.  As of 2015 there are 517 people who live in Ahuzam and the community remains a mixed secular and religious community, still primarily made up of Moroccan Jewish persons.

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Moshav Beit Zayit, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel.

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Members of Moshav Benei Atarot, near Lod, talking while on their way to agricultural work ; 1985. x

For a list of all Kibbutzim and Moshavim in Israel, please click here!  

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Two Jewish children from Morocco, Ruth Avodah and Meir Saperta, in Shomera, Israel; 1950. x

Shomera is a moshav which was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Romania and Hungary, however they would abandoned the settlement that same year. In 1950, Jewish immigrants from Morocco moved in instead and turned Shomera into a successful agricultural community despite being next to the border with Lebanon and in close proximity to the still-ongoing threat Hezbollah poses.  In 2015, Shomera had a population of 341.