- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Israel Museum,The; illustrated edition edition (1 July 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 9652783153
- ISBN-13: 978-9652783158
- Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 21.1 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,815,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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According to tradition Caucasian Jews descended from the Ten Tribes exiled from the Kingdom of Israel in the first millennium BCE, making them one of the oldest communities of Jewish people anywhere. This population preserved its Jewish identity and developed a culture of its own in a region inhabited by a host of different peoples and plagued by ethnic tensions. The term "Mountain Jews" (they call themselves "Juhur") dates back to Imperial Russia's occupation of the Caucasus in the early 19th century, when the tsar's visiting representative referred to "Mountain Jews" living mainly in the east and north of the Caucasus range, in what are today the largely Muslim areas of Dagestan and Azerbaijan. After their emigration to Israel, Caucasian Jews continued to resist integration, sharing in Israel's upbuilding without losing touch with their roots in and ties to the Caucasus. Along with her fellow essayists, Liya Mikdash-Shamailov, a Jew of Caucasian origin, successfully blends her scientific interest in the community with her own special affinity with its culture.The fruit of many years of field work and extensive research, "Mountain Jews" presents, in words and pictures of this people and its practices, the history, spiritual life, language and literature, daily life, material culture and decorative arts which together define the rich and extraordinary cultural heritage of Caucasian "Mountain" Jews.
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Tremendous production. Colors and photographs of this remarkable people who had been cut off from the main stream of Jewish cultural life for many, many years. This is a most un-Jewish group ever. They are artisans, rug weavers, flax growers, cowboys, not many doctors or lawyers, if any. Price is a bargain.
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