Jews Among Muslims : Communities in the Precolonial Middle East

Jews Among Muslims is a collection of analytical and graphic descriptions of Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East in the 19th and early 20th century, written by anthropologists and historians. The introductory chapters set Middle Eastern Jewry into comparative settings. Particular chapters are devoted to most of the major communities, such as Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, Iran. Among the specific topics treated are: community autonomy, religious life and leadership, women and family life, education, social etiquette. Jews Among Muslims In Precolonial Times : An Introductory Survey / Walter P. Zenner And Shlomo Deshen -- Traditional Jewish Society And Modern Society / Jacob Katz -- Jewish Acculturation In Premodern Societies / Stephen Sharot -- Islam And The Jews : Myth, Counter-myth, History / Mark Cohen -- Sephardic Rabbinic Responses To Modernity : Some Central Characteristics / Zvi Zohar -- Patronage And Protection : The Status Of Jews In Precolonial Morocco / Allan R. Meyers -- Community Life In Nineteenth-century Moroccan Jewry / Shlomo Deshen -- Jewish Existence In A Berber Environment / Moshe Shokeid -- Saddiq And Marabout In Morocco / Norman Stillman -- Southern Tunisian Jewry In The Early Twentieth Century / Shlomo Deshen -- Communal Organization Of The Jews Of Tripolitania During The Late Ottoman Period / Harvey E. Goldberg -- Syrian Jews And Their Non-jewish Neighbors In Late Ottoman Times / Walter P. Zenner -- Jews In Late Ottoman Syria: Community, Family And Religion / Walter P. Zenner -- Baghdad Jewry In Late Ottoman Times : The Emergence Of Social Classes And Of Secularization / Shlomo Deshen -- The Religious World Of Jewish Women In Kurdistan / Susan Starr Sered -- The Social Structure Of Jewish Education In Yemen / Shlomo D. Goitein -- The Authority Of The Community Of Saná̄ In Yemenite Jewry / Yosef Tobi -- Dhimmi Status And Jewish Roles In Iranian Society / Laurence D. Loeb -- Prestige And Piety In The Iranian Synagogue / Laurence D. Loeb. Edited By Shlomo Deshen And Walter P. Zenner. The Present Book Incorporates Several Of The Articles Which Appeared In Jewish Societies In The Middle East. These Have Been Edited And Abridged And We Have Added New Articles--pref. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 271-279) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Jews among Muslims in Precolonial Times: An Introductory Survey....Pages 3-24 Traditional Jewish Society and Modern Society....Pages 25-34 Jewish Acculturation in Premodern Societies....Pages 35-49 Islam and the Jews: Myth, Counter-Myth, History....Pages 50-63 Sephardic Rabbinic Responses to Modernity: Some Central Characteristics....Pages 64-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Patronage and Protection: The Status of Jews in Precolonial Morocco....Pages 83-97 Community Life in Nineteenth-Century Moroccan Jewry....Pages 98-108 Jewish Existence in a Berber Environment....Pages 109-120 Saddiq and Marabout in Morocco....Pages 121-130 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 Southern Tunisian Jewry in the Early Twentieth Century....Pages 133-143 Communal Organization of the Jews of Tripolitania during the Late Ottoman Period....Pages 144-158 Front Matter....Pages 159-159 Syrian Jews and their Non-Jewish Neighbors in Late Ottoman Times....Pages 161-172 Jews in Late Ottoman Syria: Community, Family and Religion....Pages 173-186 Baghdad Jewry in Late Ottoman Times: The Emergence of Social Classes and of Secularization....Pages 187-196 The Religious World of Jewish Women in Kurdistan....Pages 197-214 Front Matter....Pages 215-215 The Social Structure of Jewish Education in Yemen....Pages 217-231 The Authority of the Community of San’ā in Yemenite Jewry....Pages 232-243 Front Matter....Pages 245-245 Dhimmi Status and Jewish Roles in Iranian Society....Pages 247-260 Prestige and Piety in the Iranian Synagogue....Pages 261-270 Back Matter....Pages 271-292