Jews and Muslims in Morocco: Their Intersecting Worlds - Paperback

by Joseph Chetrit (Editor), Drora Arussy (Editor), Jane S. Gerber (Editor)

Jews and Muslims of Morocco collects accounts of the intersecting worlds and emergent shared customs and culture, suggesting that the unique atmosphere in Morocco allowed for Rabbinic empowerment and a more practical approach to halakhah.

Author Biography

Joseph Chetrit is professor emeritus of socio-pragmatics, French linguistics, and Judeo-Arabic linguistics at the University of Haifa.

Jane S. Gerber is professor emerita of history and founder and director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Drora Arussy is director of the American Sephardi Federation Institute of Jewish Experience.