Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo by Yoram Meit

Description: Sacred Places Tell Tales by Yoram Meital "Cairos synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and books are not relics of the past, but sites and materials that tell the story of modern Egyptian Jewish communities is told, both as sites that anchored Egyptian Jewish experiences in the twentieth century and as part of the lived environment of contemporary Cairo"-- FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Cairos synagogues shed new light on the transformation Egyptian society and its Jewish community underwent from 1875 to the presentSacred Places Tell Tales is the previously untold history of Egyptian Jewry and the ways in which Cairos synagogues historically functioned as active institutions in the social lives of these Jews. Historian Yoram Meital interprets Cairos synagogues as exquisite storytellers. The synagogues still stand in Cairo, and they shed new light on the social, cultural, and political processes that Egyptian society and the Jews underwent from 1875 to the present. Studying old and new synagogues in the Egyptian capital, their locations, the items they stored, and the range of religious and nonreligious activities they hosted reveals the social heterogeneity and the diverse ways in which modern Jewish sociocultural identity was constructed within Cairos Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Karaite communities. Meital contends that studying the congregations and the social services provided in synagogues reveals the local Jewish communitys customs, cultural preferences, socioeconomic gaps, and class divisions.Sacred Places Tell Tales narrates not only the past but also the unprecedented transformations that have occurred in recent years in Egypt. While only a handful of Jews live in Egypt, the preservation of Jewish heritage, first and foremost synagogues and cemeteries, enjoy a growing interest in public discourse and popular culture. This new desire to preserve Jewish heritage is inseparable from the ongoing public debate about Egyptian society, its characteristics, and its identity, past and present. By contextualizing Jewish heritage preservation in a longer Egyptian and Jewish history, Meital opens a window into one of the most significant political discussions dividing Egyptian society today. Author Biography Yoram Meital is Professor of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Review "Expansive and inclusive in its perception of various Egyptian Jewish communities, Sacred Places Tell Tales offers a multifaceted exploration of Jewish cultural heritage sites in Egypt, away from the limiting analysis of national historiographies." * Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago *"Meitals groundbreaking study Sacred Places Tell Tales investigates the changes in the Egyptian Jewish community from 1875 to the present through an examination of eleven synagogues still standing in Cairo...The study of the eleven synagogues reveals the heterogeneous nature of the Jewish community in Cairo during this period. Meitals examination of the synagogues architectural style, documents, religious texts, and the broad array of activities and social services they offered allows him to reconstruct a complex picture of Jewish life and identity." * Jewish Book Council * Promotional Historian Yoram Meital interprets Cairos synagogues as exquisite storytellers. Meital contends that studying the congregations and the social services provided in synagogues sheds new light on the transformation Egyptian society and its Jewish community underwent from 1875 to the present. Details ISBN1512825883 Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781512825886 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Subtitle Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo Author Yoram Meital Series Jewish Culture and Contexts Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Pennsylvania Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 368 Publication Date 2024-07-09 US Release Date 2024-07-09 DEWEY 962.16004924 ISBN-10 1512825883 UK Release Date 2024-07-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161853658;

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