A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean : : A Collection of Stories Curated by Leïla Sebbar / / Lia Brozgal.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean brings together the fascinating personal stories of Jewish writers, scholars, and int...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berkeley, CA : : University of California Press,, [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | University of California series in Jewish history and cultures.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Jewish Childhood in Translation
- Note on Translation and Transcription
- Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Map
- Preface: It Would be the Same Story
- Chapter ONE: Turkey
- Country Snapshot
- Matzah, Simit, and White Cheese
- Mamma Sultana’s Unicorns
- A Non-Jewish Turkish Jew
- Her Name Was Dursineh
- Chapter Two Lebanon
- Country Snapshot
- The Dead-End Alley
- The Baker’s Son
- Chapter THREE: Egypt
- Country Snapshot
- Jo and Rita
- The Blue Muslims
- Jour de fête
- Chapter FOUR: Tunisia
- Country Snapshot
- Nothing about Childhood
- A Triple Coexistence
- Of Wings and Footprints
- The Broken Bargain
- Open Letter to my Grandchildren Adrien, Élie, Raphaël, and Anna
- The Jewish Boy from Monastir
- Chapter FIVE: Algeria
- Country Snapshot
- Excellent Frenchmen
- Diar-es-Saada
- Djelfa, My Beloved
- Between Agony and Delight
- An Algiers Girlhood
- Kaddish for a Lost Childhood
- Like a Slap in the Face
- “No, Not Jewish. Israelite”
- With All Due Respect . . .
- The Hammam, and Afterwards
- The Courtyard
- Chapter Six Morocco
- Country Snapshot
- For Other Tomorrows?
- The Ocean in a Carafe
- God’s Cradle
- Flecks of Memory
- Mamada
- Crossing an Invisible Distance
- In the Medina
- Living between the Lines
- Further Reading
- List of Contributors
- Index