Moroccan Torah Scrolls: Theorizing a Diasporic Afterlife
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چکیده
Torah scrolls are more than ritual objects; when used in a congregation, they take on semi-human characteristics and given special agency. For Sephardic communities, some bear witness to the history of migration trade that has uprooted them over five centuries. This article examines originating Morocco or today by Moroccan arguing different meaning for community depending whether used, displayed, guarded. We consider difference social between chanting from scroll venerating it, how Jewry is impacted efforts Morocco, Israel, diaspora ascribe ownership via networks patrimony belonging. Offering an ethnographically informed analysis London, Essaouira, Tel Aviv, this demonstrates serve as productive members communities own facilitate thorough understanding create communities.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Jewry
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1876-5165', '0147-1694']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-022-09420-7