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OverviewUnder Quarantine is the riveting story of Shaar Ha’aliya, a central immigrant processing camp opened shortly after Israel became an independent state. This historic gateway for Jewish migration was surrounded by a controversial barbed wire fence. The camp administrators defended this imposing barrier as a necessary quarantine measure - even as detained immigrants regularly defied it by crawling out of the camp and returning at will. Focusing on the conflicts and complications surrounding the medical quarantine, this book brings the history of this place and the remarkable experiences of the immigrants who went through it to life. Evocative and bold, Under Quarantine shows that we cannot fully understand Israel until we understand Shaar Ha’aliya. The gate of arrival for nearly half a million immigrants - a space of homecoming, conflict, exclusion and welcoming - here was the country’s crucible. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rhona SeidelmanPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781978808386ISBN 10: 1978808380 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 13 December 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsCover PageTitle PageCopyright PageContentsIntroduction: Barbed WireChapter 1. ConfinesChapter 2. StructureChapter 3. MeaningChapter 4. MemoryConclusion: Under QuarantineEpilogue: The Shaar Ha’aliya Memorial for Migrants and MedicineAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the AuthorReviewsWith uncompromising care and sensitivity, Rhona Seidelman unpacks the 'great story' of 'Aliah to the newly created Israel and puts the medical dimension of migration at the center. An essential chapter in the history of the Mizarhim """With uncompromising care and sensitivity, Rhona Seidelman unpacks the 'great story' of 'Aliah to the newly created Israel and puts the medical dimension of migration at the center. An essential chapter in the history of the Mizrahim."" -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite * author of The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History * ""An important contribution to the ever-growing body of Jewish and Israeli studies literature, Jewish immigration studies, and health and immigration scholarship. In particular, it facilitates a broader multidimensional perspective on a specific locus in its historical as well as current contexts."" * AJS Review * ""Immigrants and Quarantine at Israel’s Founding with Rhona Seidelman"" * Infectious Historians Podcast *" """An important contribution to the ever-growing body of Jewish and Israeli studies literature, Jewish immigration studies, and health and immigration scholarship. In particular, it facilitates a broader multidimensional perspective on a specific locus in its historical as well as current contexts.""— AJS Review ""With uncompromising care and sensitivity, Rhona Seidelman unpacks the 'great story' of 'Aliah to the newly created Israel and puts the medical dimension of migration at the center. An essential chapter in the history of the Mizrahim."" — Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, author of The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History ""Immigrants and Quarantine at Israel’s Founding with Rhona Seidelman""— Infectious Historians Podcast" Author InformationRhona Seidelman is Assistant Professor of History and the Schusterman Chair of Israel Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |