Jews among Muslims: Communities in the Precolonial Middle East

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Jews among Muslims in Precolonial Times: An Introductory Survey....Pages 3-24
Traditional Jewish Society and Modern Society....Pages 25-34
Jewish Acculturation in Premodern Societies....Pages 35-49
Islam and the Jews: Myth, Counter-Myth, History....Pages 50-63
Sephardic Rabbinic Responses to Modernity: Some Central Characteristics....Pages 64-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Patronage and Protection: The Status of Jews in Precolonial Morocco....Pages 83-97
Community Life in Nineteenth-Century Moroccan Jewry....Pages 98-108
Jewish Existence in a Berber Environment....Pages 109-120
Saddiq and Marabout in Morocco....Pages 121-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Southern Tunisian Jewry in the Early Twentieth Century....Pages 133-143
Communal Organization of the Jews of Tripolitania during the Late Ottoman Period....Pages 144-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Syrian Jews and their Non-Jewish Neighbors in Late Ottoman Times....Pages 161-172
Jews in Late Ottoman Syria: Community, Family and Religion....Pages 173-186
Baghdad Jewry in Late Ottoman Times: The Emergence of Social Classes and of Secularization....Pages 187-196
The Religious World of Jewish Women in Kurdistan....Pages 197-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
The Social Structure of Jewish Education in Yemen....Pages 217-231
The Authority of the Community of San’ā in Yemenite Jewry....Pages 232-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Dhimmi Status and Jewish Roles in Iranian Society....Pages 247-260
Prestige and Piety in the Iranian Synagogue....Pages 261-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-292