The Jews of Libya: Coexistence, Persecution, Resettlement

By Maurice M. Roumani

Book Overview

This book investigates the transformative period in the history of the Jews of Libya (1938-52), a period crucial to understanding Libyan Jewry's evolution into a community playing significant roles in Israel, Italy and in relation with Qaddhafi's Libya. Against a background of a reform conscious Ottoman administration (1835-1911) and subsequent stirrings of modernisation under Italian colonial influence (1911-43), the Jews of Libya began to experience rapid change following the application of fascist racial laws of 1938, the onset of war-related calamities and violent expressions of Libyan pan-Arabism, culminating in mass migration to Israel in the period 1949-52. By focusing on key socio-economic and political dimensions of this process, the author reveals the capacity of Libyan Jewry to adapt to and integrate into new environments without losing its unique and historical traditions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789761387
• ISBN13: 9781789761382
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"