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Jewish communities in exotic places / Ken Blady ; foreword by Michael Pollak ; introduction by Steven Kaplan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Northvale, N.J. Jason Aronson, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xxvii, 422 pages illustrations 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0765761122
  • 9780765761125
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 950.04924 21
Contents:
pt. 1. From the land of frankincense and myrrh. The Jews of North Yemen -- The Jews of Habban, South Yemen -- pt. 2. Pariahs among ayatollahs. The Jews of Persia -- The Djedid al-Islam (New Muslims) of Meshed -- pt. 3. Lost in the land of Assyria. The mountain Jews of Kurdistan -- pt. 4. On the Russian riviera. The Krimchaks of the Crimea -- pt. 5. From the land of the golden fleece. The Ebraeli of Georgia -- pt. 6. Samson warriors, Bar Kochba's heirs. The mountain Jews of Daghestan -- pt. 7. The people with the blue-stained fingers. The Tadjiki Jews of Bukhara -- pt. 8. A remedy for the evil eye. The Jews of Afghanistan -- pt. 9. Jewish untouchables? The Bene Israel of Bombay -- The Malabaris and Paradesis of Cochin -- pt. 10. The "blue-turbaned Muslims". The Jews of Kaifeng, China -- pt. 11. Mellah, Medinah, Marabouts, and Mahia. The Judeo-Berbers of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco -- pt. 12. Cave rabbis? Cave synagogues? The Jews of Libya : merchants and cavern dwellers -- pt. 13. From the land of the lotus eaters. The Jews of Jerba, Tunisia -- pt. 14. The Queen of Sheba's lost children. The Beta Israel of Ethiopia.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-402) and index.

pt. 1. From the land of frankincense and myrrh. The Jews of North Yemen -- The Jews of Habban, South Yemen -- pt. 2. Pariahs among ayatollahs. The Jews of Persia -- The Djedid al-Islam (New Muslims) of Meshed -- pt. 3. Lost in the land of Assyria. The mountain Jews of Kurdistan -- pt. 4. On the Russian riviera. The Krimchaks of the Crimea -- pt. 5. From the land of the golden fleece. The Ebraeli of Georgia -- pt. 6. Samson warriors, Bar Kochba's heirs. The mountain Jews of Daghestan -- pt. 7. The people with the blue-stained fingers. The Tadjiki Jews of Bukhara -- pt. 8. A remedy for the evil eye. The Jews of Afghanistan -- pt. 9. Jewish untouchables? The Bene Israel of Bombay -- The Malabaris and Paradesis of Cochin -- pt. 10. The "blue-turbaned Muslims". The Jews of Kaifeng, China -- pt. 11. Mellah, Medinah, Marabouts, and Mahia. The Judeo-Berbers of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco -- pt. 12. Cave rabbis? Cave synagogues? The Jews of Libya : merchants and cavern dwellers -- pt. 13. From the land of the lotus eaters. The Jews of Jerba, Tunisia -- pt. 14. The Queen of Sheba's lost children. The Beta Israel of Ethiopia.