Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan by Malka, Eli S - 1997

Eli Malka, 1997-06-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

Syracuse, N. Y. ; Syracuse University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Original Cloth. 8vo. XIII, 262 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Malka chronicles the Sephardic Jewish community's history from its beginning in 1885 (when there were only eight families) to the late 1960s, when the Jews left the Sudan for more hospitable countries. Malka writes about his father's prominent role in the community and in the building of Khartoum's lavish synagogue and the community's growth, which peaked in the 1930s and 1940s. The author digresses a bit in his discussion of the Jews of Ethiopia, Aden, Yemen, and Eritrea and in his discourse on the growth of the B'nai B'rith in the Sudan, Egypt, France, and the U. S. The book's final chapters are autobiographical as Malka focuses first on his childhood, then on his travels, career, marriage, and family, offering descriptions of Sephardic life and culture. With 50 illustrations. "In his book Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan (Syracuse University Press,… Read More