Jewish Communities in Exotic Places

Jewish Communities in Exotic Places
ISBN-10
0765761122
ISBN-13
9780765761125
Category
Jewish diaspora
Pages
422
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Ken Blady

Description

Jewish Communities in Exotic Places examines seventeen Jewish groups that are referred to in Hebrew as edot ha-mizrach, Eastern or Oriental Jewish communities. These groups, situated in remote places on the Asian and African Jewish geographical periphery, became isolated from the major centers of Jewish civilization over the centuries and embraced some interesting practices and aspects of the dominant cultures in which they were situated.

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