Between Redemption And Revival: The Jewish Yishuv Of Jerusalem In The Nineteenth Century

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• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 0429722230,9780429722233
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• Posted on: 12/11/2022 08:32

Author: Jeff Halper
Pages: 318
In the Zionist view of Israeli history, the Old Yishuv of Jerusalem - the Jewish community of the 19th and early 20th centuries - was "a lifeless body ruled by hypocrites, cheats and unschooled rabbis", and its importance was downplayed and ignored in this study of the Old Yishuv, Dr Halper uncovers the personalities, issues, and events that formed