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Coverage: Bulgaria Coverage: Bulgaria Coverage: Israel Publisher: Wayne State University Press Publisher: Wayne State University Press Subject: Jews--Folklore Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies Content Type: WSUebook Collection: Wayne Open Book Collection Collection: Wayne State University eBooks-
From Sofia to Jaffa: the Jews of Bulgaria and Israel
Within two years of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, an astounding 45,000 of Bulgaria’s 50,000 Jews left voluntarily for Israel. This mass exodus was remarkable considering that Bulgaria was the only Axis power to prevent the deportation of its Jews to the death camps during World War II.
After their arrival in Israel, the Jews of Bulgaria were recognized as a model immigrant group in a fledgling state attempting to absorb hundreds of thousands of newcomers from more than eig…