Author: | Ken Blady | ISBN: | 9781461629085 |
Publisher: | Jason Aronson, Inc. | Publication: | March 1, 2000 |
Imprint: | Jason Aronson, Inc. | Language: | English |
Author: | Ken Blady |
ISBN: | 9781461629085 |
Publisher: | Jason Aronson, Inc. |
Publication: | March 1, 2000 |
Imprint: | Jason Aronson, Inc. |
Language: | English |
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.
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.