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Jews of Turkey: migration, culture and memory.

By: Şanlı, Süleyman [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Jewish studies seriesPublisher: New York, NY: Routledge, 2020Description: xii, 140 pages: illustrations (black and white), charts, facsimiles ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0367664143; 9780367664145Subject(s): Jews, Turkish | Jews, Turkish -- Israel | Juifs turcs | Emigration and immigration | Jews, Turkish | Turkey -- Emigration and immigration | Israel -- Emigration and immigration | Israel | TurkeyDDC classification: 305.89240561 LOC classification: DS135.T8 | S26 2020
Contents:
Origins and history -- Origins through written sources -- History of the Eastern Jews of Turkey -- Eastern Jewish communities -- Migration -- Voluntary migration or compulsory? -- Leaving the forefathers' lands behind -- The road to Jerusalem -- Social life, culture and collective memory -- Jewish neighborhoods and Jewish community -- Relationships with Muslims -- Houses of the Jews -- Clothing -- Food -- The family -- Synagogues -- Death and funerals -- Economic conditions -- Education -- Shabbat -- Holidays.
Summary: Jews of Turkey: Migration, Culture and Memory explores the culture of Jews who immigrated from East Turkey to Israel. The study reveals the cultural values of their communities, way fo life, beliefs and traditions in the multicultural and multi-religious environment that was the East of Turkey. The book presents their immigration processes, social relationships and memories of their past from a cultural perspective...[and] examines their history and origins, personal stories of their immigration and different social aspects, such as theri relationships with Muslims, other Jewish neighborhoods, the family, childhood, status of women, marriages, clothing, cuisine, religious life, education, economic conditions, Shabbat and holidays. (page [1])
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 65 - Reading Room 		H2p ŞANLI 33350 Not for loan BOOKS-000000027467

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins and history -- Origins through written sources -- History of the Eastern Jews of Turkey -- Eastern Jewish communities -- Migration -- Voluntary migration or compulsory? -- Leaving the forefathers' lands behind -- The road to Jerusalem -- Social life, culture and collective memory -- Jewish neighborhoods and Jewish community -- Relationships with Muslims -- Houses of the Jews -- Clothing -- Food -- The family -- Synagogues -- Death and funerals -- Economic conditions -- Education -- Shabbat -- Holidays.

Jews of Turkey: Migration, Culture and Memory explores the culture of Jews who immigrated from East Turkey to Israel. The study reveals the cultural values of their communities, way fo life, beliefs and traditions in the multicultural and multi-religious environment that was the East of Turkey. The book presents their immigration processes, social relationships and memories of their past from a cultural perspective...[and] examines their history and origins, personal stories of their immigration and different social aspects, such as theri relationships with Muslims, other Jewish neighborhoods, the family, childhood, status of women, marriages, clothing, cuisine, religious life, education, economic conditions, Shabbat and holidays. (page [1])