From openness to insularity: motives for the changes in the relations of the traditional sephardic elite to modern values

This article describes a little noticed process among the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa, in which an initially open response to modernity was replaced among some religious leaders by marked opposition to it. The result is a more nuanced view of the cultural/spiritual lives of these import...

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Subtitles:Research Article
מפתיחות להסתגרות׃ מניצי התמורה ביחסה של האליטה התוךנית המזרח תיכונית לצרכי המודרנה
Main Author: Harʾel, Yaron 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Hebrew
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2002]
In: AJS review
Year: 2002, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 405-462
Further subjects:B Sephardic Jews
B Colonialism
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Summary:This article describes a little noticed process among the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa, in which an initially open response to modernity was replaced among some religious leaders by marked opposition to it. The result is a more nuanced view of the cultural/spiritual lives of these important communities.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0364009402000120