My dissertation investigates the nature of the religious culture of Israeli Jews who trace their ancestry to the Lands of Islam, commonly referred to collectively as "Sephardim," as it has been reconstructed within the elementary, middle, and high schools affiliated or associate…
"7" Result
Sort By:
A unique moment in Sephardic music is emerging in the Republic of Serbia. Since 2000, a small but vibrant Sephardic music scene has been formed through the efforts of a small group of individuals. The scene keeps alive a repertoire that has survived many upheavals: the Holocaust…
This is a genealogy of the “new accent” in Hebrew poetry in Palestine. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Hebrew language “revivalists” made a concerted and ultimately successful effort to adopt Hebrew as a modern spoken language in the Jewish settlement in Pal…
This thesis considers the role of performances in the modern Sephardic diaspora. Live performances have been an integral part of Sephardic life for centuries: songs and narratives in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) are performed to mark life cycle events, religious holidays, remember the…
This thesis is a historical study of a commercial partnership between two families of Sephardic Jews, the Ergas and the Silvera, which was based in Livorno (Tuscany) and Aleppo (Syria) and operated during the first half of the eighteenth century, when Livorno was the most import…
The provision of social services by religious organizations represents an ascendant form of sectarian organization and mobilization that confronts and challenges state authority in several Middle Eastern countries. Religious organizations that can effectively provide for their c…