Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews: Volume XXII

by Peter Y. Medding

Volume XXII of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores the major and rapid changes experienced by a population known variously as "Sephardim," "Oriental" Jews and "Mizrahim" over the last fifty years. Although Sephardim are popularly believed to have originated in Spain or Portugal, the majority of Mizrahi Jews today are actually the descendants of Jews from Muslim and Arab countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195340973
• ISBN13: 9780195340976
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"