{"product_id":"the-jews-of-ottoman-izmir-dina-danon-9781503610910","title":"The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the turn of the twentieth century, the eastern Mediterranean port city of Izmir had been home to a vibrant and substantial Sephardi Jewish community for over four hundred years, and had emerged as a major center of Jewish life. \u003ci\u003eThe Jews of Ottoman Izmir\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this long overlooked Jewish community, drawing on previously untapped Ladino archival material. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcross Europe, Jews were often confronted with the notion that their religious and cultural distinctiveness was somehow incompatible with the modern age. Yet the view from Ottoman Izmir invites a different approach: what happens when Jewish difference is totally unremarkable? Dina Danon argues that while Jewish religious and cultural distinctiveness might have remained unquestioned in this late Ottoman port city, other elements of Jewish identity emerged as profound sites of tension, most notably those of poverty and social class. Through the voices of both beggars on the street and mercantile elites, shoe-shiners and newspaper editors, rabbis and housewives, this book argues that it was new attitudes to poverty and class, not Judaism, that most significantly framed this Sephardi community's encounter with the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dina Danon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503610918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503610910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Dina Danon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124288549119,"sku":"9781503610910","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_621e49d1-b395-43ed-9f42-63f998b8c9ed.jpg?v=1687435871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-jews-of-ottoman-izmir-dina-danon-9781503610910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}