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Sultanic saviors and tolerant Turks : writing Ottoman Jewish history, denying the Armenian genocide / Marc Baer.

By: Baer, Marc David, 1970- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studiesPublisher: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253045423Subject(s): Jews -- Turkey -- History | Antisemitism -- Turkey | Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Turkey -- Ethnic relationsAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Sultanic saviors and tolerant TurksDDC classification: 956/.004924 LOC classification: DS135.T8
Contents:
Sultans as Saviors -- The Empire of Tolerant Turks -- Grateful Jews and Anti-Semitic Armenians and Greeks -- Turkish Jews as Turkish Lobbyists -- Five Hundred Years of Friendship? -- Whitewashing the Armenian Genocide with Holocaust Heroism -- The Emergence of Critical Turkish Jewish Voices -- Living in Peace and Harmony, or in Fear? -- Conclusion : New Friends and Enemies
Summary: "What compels Jews in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and abroad to promote a positive image of Ottomans and Turks while they deny the Armenian genocide and the existence of antisemitism in Turkey? Based on historical narrative, the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 were embraced by the Ottoman Empire and then later, protected from the Nazis during WWII. If we believe that Turks and Jews have lived in harmony for so long, then how can we believe that the Turks could have committed genocide against the Armenians? Marc David Baer confronts these convictions and circumstances to reflect on what moral responsibility the descendants of the victims of one genocide have to the descendants of victims of another. Baer delves into the history of Muslim-Jewish relations in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey to find the origin of these many tangled truths. He aims to bring about reconciliation between Jews, Muslims, and Christians, not only to face inconvenient historical facts but to confront it and come to terms. By looking at the complexities of interreligious relations, Holocaust denial, genocide and ethnic cleansing, and confronting some long-standing historical stereotypes, Baer sets out to tell a new history that goes against Turkish antisemitism and admits to the Armenian genocide"-- Provided by publisher.
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Shelf 62 - Reading Room
H2n BAER 32551 Not for loan BOOKS-000000025428

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sultans as Saviors -- The Empire of Tolerant Turks -- Grateful Jews and Anti-Semitic Armenians and Greeks -- Turkish Jews as Turkish Lobbyists -- Five Hundred Years of Friendship? -- Whitewashing the Armenian Genocide with Holocaust Heroism -- The Emergence of Critical Turkish Jewish Voices -- Living in Peace and Harmony, or in Fear? -- Conclusion : New Friends and Enemies

"What compels Jews in the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and abroad to promote a positive image of Ottomans and Turks while they deny the Armenian genocide and the existence of antisemitism in Turkey? Based on historical narrative, the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 were embraced by the Ottoman Empire and then later, protected from the Nazis during WWII. If we believe that Turks and Jews have lived in harmony for so long, then how can we believe that the Turks could have committed genocide against the Armenians? Marc David Baer confronts these convictions and circumstances to reflect on what moral responsibility the descendants of the victims of one genocide have to the descendants of victims of another. Baer delves into the history of Muslim-Jewish relations in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey to find the origin of these many tangled truths. He aims to bring about reconciliation between Jews, Muslims, and Christians, not only to face inconvenient historical facts but to confront it and come to terms. By looking at the complexities of interreligious relations, Holocaust denial, genocide and ethnic cleansing, and confronting some long-standing historical stereotypes, Baer sets out to tell a new history that goes against Turkish antisemitism and admits to the Armenian genocide"-- Provided by publisher.

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