A Jewish childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean a collection of stories curated by Leïla Sebbar

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Other Authors: Sebbar, Leïla (Editor), Brozgal, Lia Nicole (Editor), Glasberg, Rebecca (Editor), Kuntz, Jane (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press 2023, [2023]©2023
Series:University of California series in Jewish history and cultures
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a Jewish childhood in translation / Lia Brozgal
  • Note on translation and transliteration
  • Preface : It would be the same story / Leïla Sebbar
  • Country snapshot [Turkey] / Rebecca Glasberg
  • Matzah, simit, and white cheese / Lizi Behmoaras
  • Mamma Sultana's unicorns / Moris Farhi
  • A non-Jewish Turkish Jew / Roni Margulies
  • Her name was Dursineh / Rosie Pinhas-Delpuech
  • Country snapshot [Lebanon] / Rebecca Glasberg
  • The dead-end alley / Lucien Elia
  • The baker's son / Yves Turquier
  • Country snapshot [Egypt] / Rebecca Glasberg
  • Jo and Rita / Rita Rachel Cohen
  • The blue Muslims / Mireille Cohen-Massouda
  • Jour de fête / Tobie Nathan
  • Country snapshot [Tunisia] / Rebecca Glasberg
  • Nothing about childhood / Chochana Boukhobza
  • A triple coexistence / Annie Goldmann
  • Of wings and footprints / Hubert Haddad
  • The broken bargain / Ida Kummer
  • Open letter to my grandchildren Adrien, Élie, Raphael and Anna / Nine Moati
  • The Jewish boy from Monastir / Guy Sitbon
  • Country snapshot [Algeria] / Rebecca Glasberg
  • Excellent Frenchmen / Jean-Luc Allouche
  • Diar-es-Saada / Joëlle Bahloul
  • Djelfa, my beloved / Albert Benoussan
  • Between agony and delight / Patrick Chemla
  • An Algiers girlhood / Alice Cherki
  • Kaddish for a lost childhood / Roger Dadoun
  • Like a slap in the face / Line Meller-Saïd
  • "No, not Jewish. Israelite." / Daniel Mesguich
  • With all due respect / Aldo Naouri
  • The Hammam, and afterwards / Benjamin Stora
  • The courtyard / Dany Toubiana
  • Country snapshot [Morocco] / Rebecca Glasberg
  • For other tomorrows? / André Azoulay
  • The ocean in a carafe / Marcel Benabou
  • God's cradle / Ami Bouganim
  • Flecks of memory / Anny Dayan-Rosenman
  • Mamada / Lucette Heller-Goldenberg
  • Crossing an invisible distance / Nicole S. Serfaty
  • In the medina / Daniel Sibony
  • Living between the lines / Ralph Toledano
  • Includes bibliographical references and index