Failed expectations of middle-class migrants and the Zionist hegemonic narrative: Jewish-Argentine returnees from Israel in the 1960s

IF 0.5 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
A. Krupnik
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ABSTRACT In 1963, a total of 4,500 Argentines immigrated to Israel. Most were from the middle or lower middle classes and had a Jewish and Zionist education, seen as an advantage for adaptation in the new country. However, they had been driven primarily by economic factors, and during Israel’s recession in 1966 a substantial portion of them returned to Argentina. In order to understand the migrant experience of these people this article analyzes their return, arguing that class and work were more pertinent variables than Zionist ideology. It is based on the experience of unemployed Argentine immigrants in Ashdod, the struggles of those who hoped to own their own business without sufficient funds, and a reconstruction of the return voyage aboard the ship Jerusalem. The Zionist hegemony in Israeli society prevented a thorough understanding of the material needs, and motivations of Jewish-Argentine migrants, therefore, the narrative on their arrival emphasized the ideological motivations. In contrast, their socio-economic background and needs received less attention. The case presented in this article demonstrates how the state narrative about the arrival of migrants to the country might deeply affect the narrative about the number who would not stay.
中产阶级移民的失败期望和犹太复国主义霸权叙事:20世纪60年代从以色列返回的阿根廷犹太人
摘要1963年,共有4500名阿根廷人移民到以色列。大多数人来自中产阶级或中下阶层,受过犹太和犹太复国主义教育,这被视为适应新国家的优势。然而,他们主要受到经济因素的驱动,在1966年以色列经济衰退期间,他们中的很大一部分人返回了阿根廷。为了理解这些人的移民经历,本文分析了他们的回归,认为阶级和工作是比犹太复国主义意识形态更相关的变量。它基于阿什杜德失业的阿根廷移民的经历,那些希望在没有足够资金的情况下拥有自己企业的人的挣扎,以及耶路撒冷号上回程的重建。犹太复国主义在以色列社会中的霸权阻碍了对犹太裔阿根廷移民的物质需求和动机的彻底理解,因此,对他们抵达的叙述强调了意识形态动机。相比之下,他们的社会经济背景和需求受到的关注较少。本文中提出的案例表明,国家对移民抵达该国的叙述可能会深刻影响对不愿留下来的人数的叙述。
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