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Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Epigraph -- Preface -- Research Principles and Methodology -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Frequently Used Terms -- Chapter 1 Iranian-Jewry and Aliyah: A Framework -- Yerida: Jews and Iran in Early Lore -- Categorical Misconceptions of Iranian-Jews -- Transformations in Iran at the Turn of the Century -- 1905-1940: Jews in a Modernizing Iran -- Iran and WWII, as the Jewish State Is Born -- Views of Jerusalem from Tehran in 1948 -- The Underpinnings and Politics of the Aliyah -- European Hubris and Mizrahi Stigma -- Adding Color to a Rigid Framework -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Zionism Reaches Iran: In the Lead-Up to Israeli Independence -- Introduction -- A Lack of Jewish Organization -- Mixed Zionist Perspectives on Iran -- The Arrival of Zionist Emissaries -- Jewish Statehood and the Beginning of Iranian Recruitment for Immigration -- Turmoil and Opportunity Next Door in Iraq -- A Helping Hand from Domestic Winds -- The Urban Jewish Poor: The Story of Rahamim (ne Rahim) Kashani -- Notes -- Chapter 3 A Jewish State Is Born: And an Aliyah from Iran Is Willed -- Introduction -- Rubber to the Road: The Airlifts of 1951 -- Picking Winners -- Untold Dictates and Unintended Sacrifices of "Ascent" to the Land -- Assessing the "First Wave" from Iran -- What Made Iran Different from Its Neighbors after Israeli Independence? -- Timing -- Approach and Apathy in Jerusalem -- Culture and Ideology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 The Special Case of the Jews of Mashhad -- Introduction -- Who Are the Mashhadis? -- A Reckoning from Above -- Narrative of Rahel (Rachel) (Nee Fakhri) Betsalely -- An Early, and Special, Enthusiasm for the Holy Land -- Not Your Typical Olim -- Mashhadis and Israel Today -- Notes.