^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} From Izmir to Haifa – Memoirs of a Turkish Jew -

This book is the autobiography of the author, a Turkish Jew born in Izmir in 1923. Ben Shlomo narrates with vivid details his parents and his life in Izmir. How he decided to emigrate to Palestine by crossing the Turkish-Syrian border illegally, his life first in the Jewish Brigade, then in the Israeli Defenses Forces and afterwards his civil life. This autobiography is a valuable addition to the existing literature on Turkish Jews and will be a good source for the scholars studying Turkey's Jews.

İçindekiler
INTRODUCTION
PART I: IZMIR
Izmir in the 1920s
My Family
Public Transportation
Street Lighting
Power
Water
Milk
Street Vendors
Soldiers' Parades
Social Life
Movie Houses
Police Station
Public Hangings
Bakery
School
Synagogue
The Jewish Hospital
The Sabbath
Memories
Izmir in the 1990s
PART II: LEAVING IZMIR
In Syria
British Army - As a Syrian Volunteer
In Palestine
The British Army - As a Jewish-Palestinian Volunteer
In Palestine / Israel
Israel's War of Independence
Reserve Service in the Israeli Defense Forces
EPILOGUE
ADDENDUM
Work in Israel and Overseas
ABOUAF FAMILY TREE
PHOTOGRAPHS
INDEX