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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zvi YehudaPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 57 Weight: 0.651kg ISBN: 9789004354005ISBN 10: 900435400 Pages: 310 Publication Date: 06 September 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Maps List of Abbreviations Introduction To be Babylonians Modernization without Assimilation Amiability and Animosity Leadership under Muslim-Arab Rule Part 1: Five Centuries of the New Babylonian Diaspora 1 From Destruction to Revival The Disappearance of Babylonian Jews The Beginning of New Babylonian Community The Emergence of Lay and Spiritual Leadership 2 Rise and Fall of the New Babylonian Diaspora Authority in Change Return to Babylonia The Economy in Transition En Route to Modernization Modernity and Communal Organization A Dream Which Was Not to Be Return to Zion Exodus Babylon Part 2: Studies on Political Issues 3 The 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 The Christian Response Christian Attempts to Refute the Libel Foiled Escalating Confrontation between Jews and Christians Christians Turn to Europe and India for Help The 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 The 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 The Muslim Takeover of the “Ha-Cohen” Courtyard Intervention by the Turkish Government Jews on Trial Conclusions 6 The Pogrom (Farhud) of 1941, Reexamination Research on the Farhud Dr. Fritz Grobba and the Pogrom Outbreak of the Pogrom The 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 Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationZvi Yehuda, Ph.D. (Jerusalem, 1982) is the director of the Research Institute of Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center (Israel) and the editor of its publications. He has authored or edited more than twenty volumes published numerous articles and five documented films. He is also responsible for the research in the Babylonian Jewry Museum. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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