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Indigenous Judaism in Colonial Algeria
By Vered Sakal
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This study explores these questions and furthers the growing discourse about indigenous Jews in colonial Algeria. Vered Sakal adopts a Halachic perspective to examine the transition from Muslim-Ottoman to French-liberal-colonial politics.
Sakal considers how 19th century Algeria was an environment in which Jews are both colonizers and colonized, and in which colonial officials actively intervene with the communal and private lives of indigenous Jews, and the way they practice their Jewishness - at the home, the school, and the synagogue.
Through the analysis of several historical sources, such as French legislation and scholarship from the colonial era, a survey written by two French Jews about the Jews of Algeria, and the Halachic writings of indigenous Algerian rabbis, the varied genres covered in this book come together to portray a unique religio-political environment.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
164
Release Date:
2026-01-08
Publication Date:
2026-01-08
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1350534226
ISBN13:
9781350534223
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Weight:
417 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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