Jews in Arab countries : the great uprooting /
In this new history, French author Georges Bensoussan retells the story of what life was like for Jews in the Arab world since 1850. During the early years of this time, it was widely believed that Jewish life in Arab lands was peaceful. Jews were protected by law and suffered much less violence, pe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Studies in antisemitism (Bloomington, Ind.)
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| Summary: | In this new history, French author Georges Bensoussan retells the story of what life was like for Jews in the Arab world since 1850. During the early years of this time, it was widely believed that Jewish life in Arab lands was peaceful. Jews were protected by law and suffered much less violence, persecution and inequality. Bensoussan takes on this myth and looks back over the history of Jewish-Arab relations in Arab countries. He finds that there is little truth to the myth and forwards a nuanced history of interrelationship that is not only diverse, but deals with local differences in cultural, religious and political practice. Bensoussan divides the work into sections that cover 1850 to the end of World War I, from 1919 to the eve of World War II and then from World War II to the establishment of Israel and the Arab Wars. A new afterword brings the history of Jewish and Arab relations into the present day. Bensoussan has determined that the history of Jews in Arab countries is a history of slowly disintegrating relationships, increasing tension, violence and persecution. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally publishe din French as juifs en pays arabes, Le grand déracinement 1850-1975 ©2012 Éditions Tallandier"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 495 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-488) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253038579 025303857X |