Images of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries in Transition: The Teachers of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, 1860-1939 - Hardcover

Rodrigue, Aron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0295972815 ISBN 13: 9780295972817

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 1993

Synopsis

In this expanded and revised edition of a work published in France in 1989 (Editions Calmann LTvy), Rodrigue (Jewish history, Stanford U.) documents the Alliance IsraTlite Universelle. Founded in Paris in 1860, the alliance established schools in Sephardic and Eastern Jewish communities in Muslim lands. Letters and other internal communications are used to examine the activities of the organization and discuss its place in modern Jewish history. Includes 16 pages of fascinating b&w photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis:

In this expanded and revised edition of a work published in France in 1989 (Editions Calmann LTvy), Rodrigue (Jewish history, Stanford U.) documents the Alliance IsraTlite Universelle. Founded in Paris in 1860, the alliance established schools in Sephardic and Eastern Jewish communities in Muslim lands. Letters and other internal communications are

About the Author:

Aron Rodrigue is associate professor of Jewish history at Stanford University.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0295972815
• ISBN 13: 9780295972817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 317