Bukharan Jews and the dynamics of global Judaism / Alanna E. Cooper.

Author/creator Cooper, Alanna E., 1968-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press,
Descriptionxxix, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesIndiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies
Contents First encounter: Bukharan Jewish immigrants in an Ashkenazi school in New York -- Writing Bukharan Jewish history: memory, authority, and peoplehood -- An emissary from the Holy Land in Central Asia -- Revisiting the story of the emissary from the Holy Land -- Russian colonialism and Central Asian Jewish routes -- A matter of meat: local and global religious leaders in conversation -- Building a neighborhood and constructing Bukharan Jewish identity -- Local Jewish forms -- International Jewish organizations encounter local Jewish community life -- Varieties of Bukharan Jewishness -- Negotiating authenticity and identity: Bukharan Jews encounter each other and the self -- Jewish history as a conversation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-924) and index.
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LCCN 2012024374
ISBN9780253006431 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253006509 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253006554 (electronic book)