Moving Histories. The Jews and Modernity in Alexandria 1881-1919
This essay will investigate the history of Alexandria from 1881 to 1919, proposing a re-definition of modernity vis-à-vis the city’s Jews. In the first part I will introduce a case of blood libel that occurred in 1881, the Fornaraki affair, and the consequences it had for the making of an urban (Jew...
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| Language: | English |
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Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History |
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| Online Access: | http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?id=223 |