Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry: From the Golden Age of Spain to Modern Times

by Zion Zohar and Clement Leibovitz

Book Overview

Sephardic Jews trace their origins to Spain and Portugal. They enjoyed a renaissance in these lands until their expulsion from Spain in 1492, when they settled in the countries along the Mediterranean, throughout the Ottoman Empire, in the Balkans, and in the lands of North Africa, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, mixing with the Mizrahi, or Oriental, Jews already in these locations. Sephardic Jews have contributed some of the most important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814797067
• ISBN13: 9780814797068
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"