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Jews and Muslims in Morocco : their intersecting worlds
Title
Jews and Muslims in Morocco : their intersecting worlds / edited by Joseph Chetrit, Jane S. Gerber, and Drora Arussy.
ISBN
9781793624925
1793624925
9781793624932
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publsihing Group, inc., [2021]
Physical Description
xiii, 492 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Jews and Muslims of Morocco collects accounts of the intersecting worlds and emergent shared customs and culture, suggesting that the unique atmosphere in Morocco allowed for Rabbinic empowerment and a more practical approach to halakhah"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Jews and Muslims in Morocco Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2021
Series
Sephardic and Mizrahi studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Section 1. Political and Social Interactions
Refuge in Morocco after 1492: From Iberian Outcast to Moroccan Dhimmi / Jane S. Gerber
Jews and the Moroccan Monarchy in the Age of Imperialism / Daniel J. Schroeter
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef and the Jews of Morocco During the Second World War: New Discoveries / Joseph Chetrit
Centering the Margin: Family Networks, Occupational Mobility and Saharan Jews / Aomar Boum
Jewish Bodies, Muslim Bodies, and French Medicine in Morocco / Jonathan G. Katz
Section 2. Cultural Commonalities
Sebaa Ouled Ben Zmirou in Jewish and Muslim Contexts: Return to the Dead and Encounters After Death / José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim
Invisible Neighbors: Demonology Between Jews and Muslims in Morocco / Noam Sienna
A Common Language: Popular Music in Morocco / Vanessa Paloma Elbaz
The Aḥwash: Articulations of a Shared Amazigh (Berber) Cultural Tradition in Morocco and its Diaspora / Sarah Levin
Section 3. Religious Traditions and Halakhic Developments
Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan Jewish Musical Map / Edwin Seroussi
The Image of Morocco in the Poetry of R. David Ben Ḥassin (1727-1792) / André Elbaz
Muslims and Christians in the Writings of 20th Century Hakhamim of Morocco / David Moshe Biton
Traveling Between Place and Faith: Moroccan Jews Migrating to the Holy Land in the Nineteenth Century / Michal Ben Ya'akov
Takkanot of the Moroccan Rabbis Concerning the Inheritances of Wives and Daughters in the 15th to 20th Centuries / Moche Amar
Rabbi Refael ben Dva"sh: Precursor of Moroccan Legal Activity / Melech (Elimelech) Westreich
Section 4. Memoirs in Word and Image
Memories of Jewish-Muslim Coexistence in the New Mellaḥ of Meknes and Jewish Heritage Conservation in Post-Colonial Morocco / Ahmed Chouari
Growing up in the Mellaḥ of Taroudant: Spaces, Time, Acquaintances and Rupture. A Memoir with Two Poems / Joseph Chetrit
Delacroix and the Jews of Morocco / Maurice Arama.
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