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Jewish studies
Jews of Libya
Jews of North Africa
religion
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- ISBN 9780815635802
- Weight: 645g
- Dimensions: 157 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 2018
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In June 2017, the Jews of Libya commemorated the jubilee of their complete exodus from this North African land in 1967, which began with a mass migration to Israel in 1948–49. Jews had resided in Libya since Phoenician times, seventeen centuries before their encounter with the Arab conquest in AD 644–646. Their disappearance from Libya, like most other Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East, led to their fragmentation across the globe as well as reconstitution in two major centers, Israel and Italy.
Distinctive Libyan Jewish traditions and a broad cultural heritage have survived and prospered in different places in Israel and in Rome, Italy, where Libyan Jews are recognized for their vibrant contribution to Italian Jewry. Nevertheless, with the passage of time, memories fade among the younger generations and multiple identities begin to overshadow those inherited over the centuries. Capturing the essence of Libyan Jewish cultural heritage, this anthology aims to reawaken and preserve the memories of this community.
Jewish Libya collects the work of scholars who explore the community’s history, its literature and dialect, topography and cuisine, and the difficult negotiation of trauma and memory. In shedding new light on this now-fragmented culture and society, this collection commemorates and celebrates vital elements of Libyan Jewish heritage and encourages a lively intergenerational exchange among the many Jews of Libyan origin worldwide.
Distinctive Libyan Jewish traditions and a broad cultural heritage have survived and prospered in different places in Israel and in Rome, Italy, where Libyan Jews are recognized for their vibrant contribution to Italian Jewry. Nevertheless, with the passage of time, memories fade among the younger generations and multiple identities begin to overshadow those inherited over the centuries. Capturing the essence of Libyan Jewish cultural heritage, this anthology aims to reawaken and preserve the memories of this community.
Jewish Libya collects the work of scholars who explore the community’s history, its literature and dialect, topography and cuisine, and the difficult negotiation of trauma and memory. In shedding new light on this now-fragmented culture and society, this collection commemorates and celebrates vital elements of Libyan Jewish heritage and encourages a lively intergenerational exchange among the many Jews of Libyan origin worldwide.
Jacques Roumani was a senior fellow at the Hebrew University’s Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace and a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University.
David Meghnagi is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Communication, and Theater at the University of Rome.
Judith Roumani is director of the Jewish Institute of Pitigliano in Italy and editor of Sephardic Horizons.
David Meghnagi is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Communication, and Theater at the University of Rome.
Judith Roumani is director of the Jewish Institute of Pitigliano in Italy and editor of Sephardic Horizons.
