The sultan's communists : Moroccan Jews and the politics of belonging /

A history of Jews in Morocco from the 1930s through the 1970s, this book traces how Jewish communists went from being outsiders (even pariahs) vis-à-vis the Makhzan to being embraced as the "Sultan's communists." Her narrative offers welcome nuance to our understanding of how Jews in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heckman, Alma Rachel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:	Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subjects:	Parti communiste marocain > History > 20th century. Jewish communists > Morocco > History > 20th century. Jews > Morocco > Politics and government > 20th century. Nationalism and communism > Morocco > History > 20th century. Morocco > Politics and government > 20th century.

Table of 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.