Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries: History and Culture in the Modern Era (History & Culture in the Modern Era)

Middle Eastern And North African Jewries Confront Modernity : Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation / Norman S. Stillman -- From Sabbateanism To Modernization : Ottoman Jewry On The Eve Of The Ottoman Reforms And The Haskala / Jacob Barnai -- Eastern Sephardi Jewry And New Nation-states In The Balkans In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries / Aron Rodrigue -- The Process Of Modernization Of Eastern Sephardi Communities / Esther Benbassa -- The Transformation Of The Jewish Community Of Essaouira (mogador) In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries / Daniel J. Schroeter And Joseph Chetrit -- Traditional Flexibility And Modern Strictness : Two Halakhic Positions On Women's Suffrage / Zvi Zohar -- Iraqi Jewry And Cultural Change In The Educational Activity Of The Alliance Israélite Universelle / Zvi Yehuda -- Haskala In A Sectional Colonial Society : Mahdia (tunisia) / Yaron Tsur -- The Maskil And The Mequbbal : Mordecai Ha-cohen And The Grave Of Rabbi Shimʻon Lavi In Tripoli / Harvey E. Goldberg -- The Foundation Of Hispano-jewish Associations In Morocco : Contrasting Portraits Of Tangier And Tetuan / Isaac Guershon -- Kippur On The Amazon : Jewish Emigration From Northern Morocco In The Late Nineteenth Century / Susan Gilson Miller -- The Flowering Of Judeo-arabic Literature In North Africa, 1850-1950 / Yosef Tobi -- Modernization And The Language Question Among Judezmo-speaking Sephardim Of The Ottoman Empire / David M. Bunis -- Persian Jewry And Literature : A Sociocultural View / Amnon Netzer -- Gender, Marriage, And Social Conflict In Habban / Laurence D. Loeb -- The Peg Of Your Tent : Narratives Of North African Israeli Women / Esther Schely-newman -- Nostalgia And Ambivalence : The Reconstruction Of Jewish-muslim Relations In Oulad Mansour / Yoram Bilu And André Levy -- The Sephardi Family And The Challenge Of Assimilation : Family Ritual And Ethnic Reproduction / Joëlle Bahlou Edited By Harvey E. Goldberg. Published In Association With The Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, New York. Outgrowth Of A Conference Sephardi And Middle Eastern Jewry In Modern Times Which Took Place In Herzliya Pituah, Israel, 13-16 January 1991. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Preface Note on Transliteration Introduction Part I. Sephardi and Middle Eastern Communities in the Context of Modern Jewish History 1. Middle Eastern and North African Jewries Confront Modernity: Orientation, Disorientation, Reorientation 2. From Sabbateanism to Modernization: Ottoman Jewry on the Eve of the Ottoman Reforms and the Haskala 3. Eastern Sephardi Jewry and New Nation-States in the Balkans in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Western Influence and Judeo-Spanish Communities The Ottoman Context The Nation-States NOTES 4. The Process of Modernization of Eastern Sephardi Communities 5. The Transformation of the Jewish Community of Essaouira (Mogador) in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Part II. Varieties of Responses 6. Traditional Flexibility and Modem Strictness: Two Halakhic Positions on Women's Suffrage 7. Iraqi Jewry and Cultural Change in the Educational Activity of the Alliance Israélite Universelle 8. Haskala in a Sectional Colonial Society: Mahdia (Tunisia) 1888 9. The Maskil and the Mequbbal: Mordecai Ha-Cohen and the Grave of Rabbi Shimcon Lavi in Tripoli 10. The Foundation of Hispano-Jewish Associations in Morocco: Contrasting Portraits of Tangier and Tetuan 11. Kippur on the Amazon: Jewish Emigration from Northern Morocco in the Late Nineteenth Century Part III. Languages and Literatures 12. The Flowering of Judeo-Arabic Literature in North Africa, 1850-1950 13. Modernization and the Language Question among Judezmo-Speaking Sephardim of the Ottoman Empire 14. Persian Jewry and Literature: A Sociocultural View Part IV. History and Memory 15. Gender, Marriage, and Social Conflict in Habban 16. "The Peg of Your Tent": Narratives of North African Israeli Women 17. Nostalgia and Ambivalence: The Reconstruction of Jewish-Muslim Relations in Oulad Mansour 18. The Sephardi Family and the Challenge of Assimilation: Family Ritual and Ethnic Reproduction Appendix I. Population Graph, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Appendix II Population Table, 1970s and 1980s Glossary Contributors Index Explores the history and culture of Middle Eastern Jewries from multidisciplinary perspectives.