The story of Israel\'s foundation has often been told from the perspective of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel.
Based on previously unexamined primary sources collected from twenty-two archives in six countries, Ori Yehudai demonstrates that despite the dominant view that displaced Jews should settle in the Jewish homeland,.
Leaving Zion turns this historical narrative on its head, focusing on Jewish out-migration from Palestine and Israel between 1945 and the late 1950s.
The story of Israel\'s foundation has often been told from the perspective of Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel