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Shami, Yitzḥaq

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Author(s): Rachel Simon
Born in Hebron, Yitzḥaq Shami (1888–1949) was the son of Eliyahu Sarwi, a textile merchant from Damascus who was known as ash-Shami (“the Damascene”).  As a adult he adopted his father’s sobriquet as his literary and legal surname. Shami grew up bilingual, speaking Arabic with his father and Ladino (see Judeo-Spanish) with his mother, a native of Hebron who belonged to the Sephardic Castel family. He became familiar with the daily life of the Arab villagers and Bedouins of the Hebron region because of his father’s b…

Jewish Journals in the Islamic World

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Author(s): Rachel Simon
ADENAdenNiv Geʾulah; Hebrew; 1949; Organ of the Geʾulah emigrants’ camp.ALGERIAAlgiersAdziri; See: L’Israélite AlgérienAnnuaire du Judaïsme Nord-Africain; French; 1953; single issue; Informative publication of the Jewish Algerian Committee for Social Studies (single issue).L’Anticlérical Juif; French; 1898; monthly; Political monthly, edited by Henry Tubiana.L’Appel; French; 1947–1948; bimonthly; Political, social and literary independent.Bamaavak = Ba-Maʾavaq; French; 1950; single issue; Zionist journal of the Halutz “Dror” movement.Besorot Yisraʾel; See:…
Date: 2021-04-06