Jewish Libya

Jacques Roumani

ISBN 10: 081563580X / ISBN 13: 9780815635802

Published by Eurospan Jun 2018, 2018

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Neuware - This anthology brings together the work of a range of distinguished scholars to provide a contextual understanding of Jewish Libya. In highlighting important aspects of this now-fragmented culture and society, this collections seeks to commemorate, celebrate, and preserve vital elements of the Libyan Jewish heritage and evoke an inter-generational exchange among the 200,000 Jews of Libyan origin worldwide.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jewish Libya
• Publisher: Eurospan Jun 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081563580X
• ISBN 13: 9780815635802
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 179H x 18D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 179 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 618 grams

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Synopsis

In June 2017, the Jews of Libya commemorated the jubilee of their complete exodus from this North African land in 1967, which began with a mass migration to Israel in 1948–49. Jews had resided in Libya since Phoenician times, seventeen centuries before their encounter with the Arab conquest in AD 644–646. Their disappearance from Libya, like most other Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East, led to their fragmentation across the globe as well as reconstitution in two major centers, Israel and Italy.

Distinctive Libyan Jewish traditions and a broad cultural heritage have survived and prospered in different places in Israel and in Rome, Italy, where Libyan Jews are recognized for their vibrant contribution to Italian Jewry. Nevertheless, with the passage of time, memories fade among the younger generations and multiple identities begin to overshadow those inherited over the centuries. Capturing the essence of Libyan Jewish cultural heritage, this anthology aims to reawaken and preserve the memories of this community. Jewish
Libya collects the work of scholars who explore the community’s history, its literature and dialect, topography and cuisine, and the difficult negotiation of trauma and memory. In shedding new light on this now-fragmented culture and society, this collection commemorates and celebrates vital elements of Libyan Jewish heritage and encourages a lively intergenerational exchange among the many Jews of Libyan origin worldwide.

About the Author

<b>Jacques Roumani </b>was a senior fellow at the Hebrew University’s Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace and a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. <b>David Meghnagi</b> is full member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, chair of clinical psychology, chair of the International Master's on Holocaust Studies at Roma Tre University, and editor-in-chief of <i>Trauma and Memory</i>. <b>Judith Roumani </b>is a translator and editor of <i>Sephardic Horizons.</i>