The Jews of Lebanon: Between Coexistence & Conflict: 2nd Edition

by Kirsten E. Schulze

This is the first book to tell the story of the Jews of Lebanon in the twentieth century. It challenges the prevailing view that Jews everywhere in the Middle East were second-class citizens, and were persecuted after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The Jews of Lebanon were just one of Lebanon's 23 minorities with the same rights and privileges, and subject to the same political tensions. The author discusses the Jewish presence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845190572
• ISBN13: 9781845190576
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"