The Jews in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century - Under the Patronage of the Istanbul Committee of Officials for

Despite financial and physical hardships, the Jewish settlements of Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Safed gained a foothold in Palestine--the Yishuv--in the 18th century. Their success was in large part owing to the efforts of the Istanbul Committee of Officials for Palestine, who after 1726 oversaw the collection of support money for the Yishuv, managed the Palestine community's budget, established regulations for governing the communities, and settled disputes between the Jews and the gentiles.

About the author

Jacob Barnai is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jewish History and Palestine Studies at Haifa University and Visiting Professor at Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Summary

In this volume Barnai has updated his research and concludes that during the 18th century the number of Jews in the Yishuv was actually very small, but they were completely dependent upon the charitable financial support of their brethren overseas, as well as the goodwill of Palestine's rulers.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Barnai, Jacob/ Barnai Barnai, Y. Barnai
• Assisted by: Naomi Goldblum (Translation)
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1992
• EAN: 9780817305727
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-0572-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Judaic Studies (Paperback); Judaic Studies S.; Judaic Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism