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| Title: | Sephardim of Sydney (HB @ PB Price)
: Coping with Political Processes & Social Pressures |
| Author: | Naomi Gale |
| ISBN: | 1845192281 : 9781845192280 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 152x229mm |
| Pages: | 292 |
| Weight: | .448 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - April 2005 |
| List Price: | 19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Jewish studies: Australia |
The Sydney Jewish community is dynamic and vibrant, with many communal, social and religious institutions. This book investigates the Sephardic community of Sydney -- their history, their experiences as new immigrants in a host society after arriving from traditional Moslem cultures, as well as the changes they have undergone since they arrived in Australia.
"Provides valuable insights into the dynamics of the formation of Sephardic Jewish identity..." -- Professor C Kessler, The University of New South Wales. "A valuable study of the problems facing a migrant ethnical community arriving in Australia..." -- Professor R Gabby, The University of Western Australia. "A commendable example of 'salvage ethnography'..." -- Professor S Deshen, Tel Aviv University.
