Jews and Muslims Images of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries in Modern Times / Aron Rodrigue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodrigue, Aron.

Contributor:

Mazal Holocaust Collection

Standardized Title:

Images of Sephardi and eastern Jewries in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alliance israélite universelle.

Jews--Education.

Jews.

Jewish teachers.

Ethnic relations.

Jews--Education--Islamic countries.

Jewish teachers--Islamic countries--Correspondence.

Jews--Islamic countries--Correspondence.

Islamic countries.

Islamic countries--Ethnic relations.

Genre:

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

University of Washington Press 2015

Summary:

Following the rise of Islam, many Jewish communities lived in predominantly Muslim lands. Muslim-Jewish co-existence was not seriously challenged until the modern period when European colonialism and the emergence of Zionism and Arab nationalism led to growing friction and conflict, resulting in the mass departures of Jews from these lands in the middle of the twentieth century. Jews and Muslims throws light on the history of these communities and on the developments that led to the snapping of ties between Jews and Muslims by focusing on the century before the end of Jewish life in these areas. It interweaves analysis with translations of primary documents drawn from the archives of a French-Jewish organization, the Alliance Israelite Universelle, that had an extensive Jewish school network around the Mediterranean basin and whose teachers reported extensively on local events and trends over the decades. It illuminates the political, socio-economic, and cultural changes that eroded the place of Jews in Middle Eastern societies and offers a unique perspective, from within, on the historical background of some of the most vexing problems of the modern Middle East. National Jewish Book Awards Honor Book

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Documents; Map; Introduction; 1. An Overview of the Alliance's Activities; Part I: The Schools and Teachers of the Alliance Israélite Universelle; 2. Instruction in the Alliance Schools; 3. The Alliance Teaching Corps; Part II: The Discourse of the Alliance Teachers and the ""Civilizing"" of the Jewish Communities of the Lands of Islam; 4. The Moralizing Agenda; 5. The Emancipation and Reformation of Women; 6. The Transformation of the Social Structure of the Jewish Community; 7. The Critique of Traditional Judaism; 8. The War of Languages

9. A Portrait of the Communities10. The Impact of the West and the Alliance Schools; Part III. The Alliance Teacher as Political Activist and Political Observer; 11. The Task of Protection; 12. The Teacher as Patriot and Advocate of the Jews; 13. The Age of Nationalism; Conclusion; Glossary; A; B; D; F; G; H; I; K; M; N; O; R; S; T; U; Y; Bibliography; Index of Personal Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Index of Place Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

First published under title: Images of Sephardi and eastern Jewries in transition. c1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-303) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295997803

029599780X

OCLC:

1273307284