The Jews of Ottoman Izmir : a modern history / Dina Danon.

By the turn of the twentieth century, the eastern Mediterranean port city of Izmir had been home to a vibrant and substantial Sephardi Jewish community for over four hundred years, and had emerged as a major center of Jewish life. 'The Jews of Ottoman Izmir' tells the story of this long overlooked J...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Main Author: Danon, Dina (Author)
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Series:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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Physical Description:xv, 254 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Djuderia and public space
  • Kualo es la vera karidad? What is true charity?
  • "Make a monsieur out of him!"
  • Sustaining the kehillah : taxing el puevlo
  • Authority and leadership : representing el puevlo.