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Between Redemption and Revival
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The Jewish Yishuv of Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century
Between Redemption and Revival
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The Jewish Yishuv of Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century
ByJeff Halper
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1991
eBook Published 17 June 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
Pages 318
eBook ISBN 9780429043369
Subjects Area Studies
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Halper, J. (1991). Between Redemption and Revival: The Jewish Yishuv of Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429043369
ABSTRACT
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