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antisemitism
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Author_Simon Waldman
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Europe
forthcoming
History
holocaust
identity
Israel
Istanbul
Jews
memory
migration
nationalism
pogrom
refugees
Turkey
Turkiye
Product details
- ISBN 9781917991063
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Collective Ink
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Looking for Elsewhere�is a warning about the consequences of intolerance and prejudice. In Turkey, there was once a thriving Jewish community that numbered hundreds of thousands. Today, very few remain. This book is a trained historian's own exploration into what led many Jews to leave a country that for centuries they had called home. It details the experiences of those who stayed but are constantly aware of the possibility of having to leave, in hopes of finding an elusive place called home.�Looking for Elsewhere�explores themes such as history, memory, language, secularism, and culture while contextualizing Turkish-Jewish history within broader global currents. Told through the author�s voice and the engaging stories, perspectives, and opinions of those he has met, these pages explain how national pride and religious intolerance can proliferate and have devastating consequences, the unfairness of which reverberates across multiple regions for generations.
Simon Waldman is a lecturer and tutor at King�s College London band has been teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for around ten years. He also writes op-eds and commentaries for the international press. He has an MA and PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from King's College London, having earlier read Politics and Sociology at an undergraduate at Brunel University, and a MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford.
