The Jews from Aleppo, Syria, and their descendants compose a
remarkable but little-known community that has spread throughout
the world during the past two centuries, adapting to myriad social
settings from Kobe to Buenos Aires. Aleppan Jews are known for
their strong Jewish identity and commercial acumen, as well as
their learning and piety. The religious leadership of Aleppan
Jewry, unlike other Sephardim, is also noted for its militant
conservatism.
A Global Community is the first comprehensive scholarly
interpretation of the historical experience of this unusual
community in Syria and in the other places to which Aleppan Jewry
have immigrated. Their incorporation into the nation-states in the
Middle East, Europe, and the Americas has forced Syrian Jews to
change their modes of identification as Jews and reshape their
culture while maintaining international familial and communal ties.
A Global Community is pertinent to current discussions and debates
concerning ethnic persistence and assimilation, transnational
diasporas, and nationalism.
Walter P. Zenner points to the social, economic, and cultural
links that the various Syrian Jewish communities have made for the
unique persistence of community throughout the diaspora. He pisces
special interest on the communities in Israel and the United States
but also studies the communities in England and Latin America. He
utilizes rabbinical responses, travelers' writings, secondary
sources, interviews, and oral histories to provide a unique look
into this Middle Eastern Jewish community for those interested in
Ashkenazic as well as Sephardic Judaism.
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