The representation of Jews and Judaism in al-Andalus: texts and contexts In al-Andalus (Muslim Iberia), the Jewish community flourished to the extent that their historical experience was labelled as a 'Golden Age' by 19th century European Jews who found in it a precedent to legitimize their insertion into the wider … Continued

From the margins to mainstream - this is how Mizrahi music has often been described. What reads as a story of revivalist success is, under close scrutiny, rather a story of complete social, linguistic and musical shift into an age … Continued

It was British colonialism that initially drove Baghdadi Jews to move eastwards from Iraq and the wider Mediterranean basin. In India and several Far Eastern satellite spots the community collectively came to be known as ‘Baghdadi’. Their settlement from the … Continued