Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue: “Ariel Sharon” in the Sahara xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Writing the Periphery: Colonial Narratives of Moroccan Jewish Hinterlands 11
8. 2. Outside the Mellah: Market, Law, and Muslim-Jewish Encounters 29
9. 3. Inside the Mellah: Education and the Creation of a Saharan Jewish Center 57
10. 4. “Little Jerusalems” Without Jews: Muslim Memories of Jewish Anxieties and Emigration 87
11. 5. Shadow Citizens: Jews in Independent Morocco 109
12. 6. Between Hearsay, Jokes, and the Internet: Youth Debate Jewish Morocco 131
13. Conclusion 157
14. Epilogue: Performing Interfaith Dialogue 161
15. Methodological Appendix: Generations, Cohorts, Schemas, and Longitudinal Memories 169
16. Notes 173
17. References 191
18. Index 211