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| Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alma Rachel Heckman |
| ISBN: | 9781503613805 1503613801 |
| OCLC Number: | 1240394789 |
| Description: | xix, 316 Seiten : Illustration, Karte |
| Contents: | Introduction : the Sultan's communists -- Choices : fascism and anti-fascism in interwar Morocco -- Possibilities : World War II and Moroccan Jewish belonging -- Tactics : Jews and Moroccan independence -- Splinters : disillusion and Jewish political life in the new Morocco -- Cooptation : the Moroccan Cold War, Israel and human rights -- Scarification : a conclusion. |
| Series Title: | Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture |
| Responsibility: | Alma Rachel Heckman. |
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"With meticulousness and fervor, Alma Rachel Heckman offers a unique historical entry to North Africa's Jewish communities. Written from the perspective of a marginal group within the Jewish community of Morocco, The Sultan's Communists provides a new and refreshing understanding of minority politics in colonial and post-colonial societies. A significant contribution to Jewish studies in the Middle East and North Africa." -- Aomar Boum * University of California, Los Angeles * "The Sultan's Communists tells the paradoxical and largely unknown story of a group of Moroccan Jewish militants who identified with Morocco's national liberation movement and remained in Morocco as patriotic citizens after independence when the majority of Jews were emigrating to Israel. Alma Rachel Heckman's riveting account of political activism, imprisonment, torture, exile, and cooptation reveals the possibilities and limitations of Jewish belonging in an Arab Muslim country." -- Daniel J. Schroeter * University of Minnesota * "In this innovative study about Moroccan communist Jews, Alma Rachel Heckman explores radical leftist movements, their struggles against fascism, and their battles for national liberation and social justice. The book masterfully reconstructs the nonsectarian vision these Jewish radicals developed, illustrating how communism served as a patriotic option for Moroccan Jews. A unique and compelling tribute to the activism and heroism of Moroccan radical Jews." -- Orit Bashkin * University of Chicago * "Alma Rachel Heckman has written an original and important book concerning the role that radicalized Jews played in Morocco's struggle for independence from France and in newly independent Morocco." -- Sheldon Kirschner * <i>The Times of Israel</i> * Read more...
