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1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
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The Brill reference library of Judaism ; 57
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Brill reference library of Judaism ; 57.
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"Published in partnership with The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center (BJHC)." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: To be Babylonians -- Modernization without Assimilation -- Amiability and Animosity -- Leadership under Muslim-Arab Rule -- pt. 1 Five Centuries of the New Babylonian Diaspora -- 1. From Destruction to Revival -- Disappearance of Babylonian Jews -- Beginning of New Babylonian Community -- Emergence of Lay and Spiritual Leadership -- 2. Rise and Fall of the New Babylonian Diaspora -- Authority in Change -- Return to Babylonia -- Emigration from Kurdistan -- Absorption of the Kurdish Immigrants -- Emigration from Persia -- Emigration from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin -- Growth in the Number of Jews in Iraq and Its Consequences -- Internal Migration -- Economy in Transition -- Traditional Economy -- Toward Modern Professions -- En Route to Modernization -- Revival of the Spiritual Center -- Flow to Modern Schools -- Changing Communal Life -- Modernity and Communal Organization -- Ottoman Reforms and Community Leadership -- Failure to Reform the Baghdadi Community -- Struggle for Reform in Basra and Hilla -- Conclusions -- Dream Which Was Not to Be -- Integration into European Culture -- Integration into Arab Society -- Conversion and Assimilation -- Changing the Social Order -- Return to Zion -- Modern Zionist Activity -- Underground Zionist Activity -- Operation Ezra and Nehemiah -- Exodus Babylon -- pt. 2 Studies on Political Issues -- 3. Jewish Blood-Libel against Christians in Basra (1791) -- Basra in the Eighteenth Century -- Jews in Basra in the Eighteenth Century -- Christians Accused of Murdering a Jew for Ritual Purposes -- Christian Response -- Christian Attempts to Refute the Libel Foiled -- Escalating Confrontation between Jews and Christians -- Christians Turn to Europe and India for Help -- British Envoy Visits the Pasha -- Conclusions -- 4. Struggle of Iraqi Jewry for Control of Prophet Ezekiel's Tomb at Kifil (1860) -- Basis for the Jewish Claim of Ownership over Ezekiel's Tomb at Kifil -- Muslims Take Over Ezekiel's Tomb at Kifil -- Control of Ezekiel's Tomb at Kifil in the 14th -- 18th Centuries -- Jews of Iraq Regain Control of Ezekiel's Tomb -- Jews of Iraq Foil the Muslim Attempt to Take Control of Ezekiel's Tomb -- Muslims Changed the Compound of Ezekiel's Tomb -- Conclusions -- 5. Events Surrounding the Burial of Rabbi Abdalla Somekh (1889) and Their Consequences -- State of Research and the Sources -- Background to the Events -- Course of Events -- Appeal to the Turkish Government -- Request for Assistance from the Jews of England -- Request for Assistance from the Jews of France -- Appeal to Jewish Public Opinion -- Appeal to Jewish Public Opinion in the Holy Land -- Appeal to Jewish Public Opinion in Europe -- Appeal to Jewish Public Opinion in the Far East -- Muslim Takeover of the "Ha-Cohen" Courtyard -- Intervention by the Turkish Government -- Jews on Trial -- Conclusions -- 6. Pogrom (Farhud) of 1941, Reexamination -- Research on the Farhud -- Dr. Fritz Grobba and the Pogrom -- Outbreak of the Pogrom -- Course of the Pogrom -- Those Responsible for the Pogrom -- Denial of the Pogrom -- Conclusions -- Map of the Farhud Pogrom -- List of Victims of the Farhud. |
| Summary |
The New Babylonian Diaspora: Rise and Fall of Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th?20th Centuries C.E.' provides a historical survey of the Iraqi Jewish community's evolution from the apex of its golden age to its disappearance, emergence, rapid growth and annihilation. Making use of Judeo-Arabic newspapers and archives in London, Paris, Washington D.C. and other sources, Zvi Yehuda proves that from 1740 to 1914, Iraq became a lodestone for tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants from Kurdistan, Persia, the Mediterranean Basin, and Eastern and Central Europe. After these Jews had settled in Baghdad and Mesopotamia, they became?Babylonians? and?forgot? their lands of origin, contrary to the social habit of Jews in other communities throughout history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Iraq -- History.
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Jews. |
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Iraq. |
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Iraq -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Merkaz moreshet Yahadut Bavel (Or Yehudah, Israel), sponsoring body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yehuda, Zvi. New Babylonian diaspora. Leiden : Boston: Brill, [2017] 9789004354005 (DLC) 2017031842 |
| ISBN |
9789004354012 (electronic book) |
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9004354018 (electronic book) |
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9789004354005 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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900435400X (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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