Jewish Libya - Memory and Identity in Text and Image

This anthology brings together the work of a range of distinguished scholars to provide a contextual understanding of Jewish Libya. In highlighting important aspects of this now-fragmented culture and society, this collections seeks to commemorate, celebrate, and preserve vital elements of the Libyan Jewish heritage and evoke an inter-generational exchange among the 200,000 Jews of Libyan origin worldwide.

About the author

Jacques Roumani was a senior fellow at the Hebrew University's Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace and a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University.
David Meghnagi is full member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, chair of clinical psychology, chair of the International Master's on Holocaust Studies at Roma Tre University, and editor-in-chief of Trauma and Memory.
Judith Roumani is a translator and editor of Sephardic Horizons.

Summary

In June 2017, the Jews of Libya commemorated the jubilee of their exodus from this North African land in 1967, which began with a mass migration to Israel in 1948-49. Jewish Libya collects the work of scholars who explore the community's history, its literature and dialect, topography and cuisine, and the difficult negotiation of trauma and memory.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques (EDT)/ Roumani Roumani, Jacques Roumani Roumani
• Assisted by: David Meghnagi (Editor), Jacques Roumani (Editor), Judith Roumani (Editor)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780815635802
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3580-2
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Modern Jewish History; Modern Jewish History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries