Jane S. Gerber
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781904113300
- eISBN:
- 9781800343276
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781904113300.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
The last section of this chapter marks the end of one form of Jewish life and the beginning of another for the Jews of the Iberian peninsula. Like all other Jews, Sephardim collectively mourned the ...
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The last section of this chapter marks the end of one form of Jewish life and the beginning of another for the Jews of the Iberian peninsula. Like all other Jews, Sephardim collectively mourned the loss of Zion; as Sephardim, they also collectively mourned the loss of Spain. The chapter discusses the deportation of the Jews from their ancient homeland and how they produced the first diaspora in history, although the term was not applied to Jewish settlements outside the Land of Israel until Hellenistic time. Jewish life unfolded between exile and return. Some Jewish diasporas were ephemeral, others more enduring. Some diasporas were exceptionally creative, others merely derivative. Ultimately, the chapter illustrates how the Jewish communities tended to relate to each other through shared memories and common traditions and laws, regardless of the cultural level.Less
The last section of this chapter marks the end of one form of Jewish life and the beginning of another for the Jews of the Iberian peninsula. Like all other Jews, Sephardim collectively mourned the loss of Zion; as Sephardim, they also collectively mourned the loss of Spain. The chapter discusses the deportation of the Jews from their ancient homeland and how they produced the first diaspora in history, although the term was not applied to Jewish settlements outside the Land of Israel until Hellenistic time. Jewish life unfolded between exile and return. Some Jewish diasporas were ephemeral, others more enduring. Some diasporas were exceptionally creative, others merely derivative. Ultimately, the chapter illustrates how the Jewish communities tended to relate to each other through shared memories and common traditions and laws, regardless of the cultural level.
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300127362
- eISBN:
- 9780300142853
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300127362.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter, which sums up the key findings of this study on the role of the Jews in the history of the global ostrich feather trade, presents a story that highlights the fleeting nature of success ...
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This chapter, which sums up the key findings of this study on the role of the Jews in the history of the global ostrich feather trade, presents a story that highlights the fleeting nature of success and expertise and the transnational nature of so many turn-of-the-century Jewish lives. It discusses how migrant Jews were able to fill novel mercantile and industrial niches because of their marketable and portable skills. The chapter also highlights the fact that Jews were hugely overrepresented in the global exchange of luxury goods at the turn of the twentieth century because they were members of modern Eastern European, Mediterranean, and Anglophone Jewish diasporas.Less
This chapter, which sums up the key findings of this study on the role of the Jews in the history of the global ostrich feather trade, presents a story that highlights the fleeting nature of success and expertise and the transnational nature of so many turn-of-the-century Jewish lives. It discusses how migrant Jews were able to fill novel mercantile and industrial niches because of their marketable and portable skills. The chapter also highlights the fact that Jews were hugely overrepresented in the global exchange of luxury goods at the turn of the twentieth century because they were members of modern Eastern European, Mediterranean, and Anglophone Jewish diasporas.
