Wayne State University Press Main PageWSU Press Main Page Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Main PageWayne State University Main Page
Africana StudiesAfricana Studies
Art and Art History
Classical StudiesFilm and Television Studies
Great Lakes Books Series / Regional InterestJournalsJewish Studies
Labor Studies and Urban Studies
Literature, Literary Theory, German Literary and Cultural Studies, Humor StudiesSpeech & Language Pathology

About WSU PressContact WSU Press
Frequently Asked Questions
 Book Information About the book Reviews
The Jews of Kurdistan

Erich Brauer
Completed and edited by Raphael Patai 		Following World War II, members of the sizable Jewish community in what had been Kurdistan, now part of Iraq, left their homeland and resettled in Palestine where they were quickly assimilated with the dominant Israeli-Jewish culture.
The Jews of Kurdistan is a unique historical document in that it presents a picture of Kurdish Jewish life and culture prior to World War II. It is the only ethnological study of the Kurdish Jews ever written and provides a comprehensive look at their material culture, life cycles, religious practices, occupations, and relations with the Muslims.
In his preface, Raphael Patai offers data he considers important for supplementing Brauer's book, and comments on the book's values and limitations fifty years after Brauer wrote it. Patai has included additional information elicited from Kurdish Jews in Jerusalem, verified quotations, and completed the bibliography.		 "A thorough comparative ethnological study of the Jews of Kurdistan . . . A new English edition will make this important work accessible to international scholars and educated readers in general."—Yona Sabar, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

$49.95s cloth / ISBN 0-8143-2392-8

432 pages

1993