Cover; Contents; Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: THE SEEDS OF CHANGE; 1. First Signs of Westernization; PART II: INTERNAL JEWISH LIFE; 2. The Jewish Population of Syria; 3. The Jews in the Local Economy; 4. Leadership and Communal Administration; 5. Education-Traditional and Modern; PART III: THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE JEWS; 6. Equality before the Law; 7. The Ra'aya and the Machinery of the Ottoman State; PART IV: MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, JEWS; 8. Majority-Minority Relations; 9. Interminority Relations
PART V: TURNING TO THE WEST10. 'Ships of Fire'; 11. 'The Princes of Israel'; Conclusion: An Era of Transition; Glossary; A; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; M; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
A pioneering study of Syria's key Jewish communities, bringing to light an enormous amount of material and providing a broad, multifaceted perspective on Jewish life in Syria
