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The Jews of Ottoman Izmir : a modern history

Author: Dina Danon
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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By the turn of the twentieth century, the eastern Mediterranean port city of Izmir had been home to a vibrant and substantial Sephardi Jewish community for over four hundred years, and had emerged as a major center of Jewish life. 'The Jews of Ottoman Izmir' tells the story of this long overlooked Jewish community, drawing on previously untapped Ladino archival material. 0Across Europe, Jews were often confronted  Read more...
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Genre/Form: History
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Danon, Dina.
Jews of Ottoman Izmir.
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020
(DLC) 2019013728
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dina Danon
ISBN: 9781503608283 150360828X 9781503610910 1503610918
OCLC Number: 1086012492
Description: xv, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Contents: The Djudería and public space --
Kualo es la vera karidad? What is true charity? --
"Make a monsieur out of him!" --
Sustaining the kehillah : taxing el Puevlo --
Authority and leadership : representing el Puevlo.
Series Title: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Responsibility: Dina Danon.

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Through the lens of a long overlooked Sephardi community, The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History rethinks the emergence of Jewish modernity by exploring shifting attitudes towards poverty and  Read more...

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