Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis deported and killed the Jews. As the acclaimed historian Mark Mazower follows the city's inhabitants through plague, invasion, famine, and the disastrous twentieth century, he resurrects a fascinating and vanished world. |
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Page 154
For Salonica's Jews , it was a different matter since the position of chief rabbi of
the city was recognized officially only in 1836. The religious , legal and
administrative head of the community , he was responsible for the collection and
allocation ...
For Salonica's Jews , it was a different matter since the position of chief rabbi of
the city was recognized officially only in 1836. The religious , legal and
administrative head of the community , he was responsible for the collection and
allocation ...
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Excommunications had been frequently issued by rabbis in the past . But the
chief rabbi profited from the centralization of communal power , the waning of
Greek influence after 1821 and the growing grip of the Jews on the city's
economy .
Excommunications had been frequently issued by rabbis in the past . But the
chief rabbi profited from the centralization of communal power , the waning of
Greek influence after 1821 and the growing grip of the Jews on the city's
economy .
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Conservative religious leaders had not bothered much to bridge the cultural
cleavage between them . Chief Rabbi Molho , for instance , had tried to play off
his support among the poor to criticize the merchant notables for their religious
laxity .
Conservative religious leaders had not bothered much to bridge the cultural
cleavage between them . Chief Rabbi Molho , for instance , had tried to play off
his support among the poor to criticize the merchant notables for their religious
laxity .
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Rose of Sultan Murad | 15 |
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950 |
| Author | Mark Mazower |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 19 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 0375727388, 9780375727382 |
| Length | 490 pages |
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