Jewish Diaspora, Israeli Diaspora, and Levels of Conviviality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perla Aizencang Kane
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Diaspora

The Jewish Diaspora in a Comparative and Theoretical Perspective

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Safran
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Jewish Diaspora

The New Jewish Diaspora

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zvi Gitelman ◽  
Mark Tolts ◽  
Uzi Rebhun ◽  
Marina Sapritsky ◽  
Jonathan Dekel-Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Diaspora

Religious Norms, Human Capital, and Money Lending in Jewish European History

2011 ◽  
pp. 56-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maristella Botticini ◽  
Zvi Eckstein
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Jewish History ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
European History ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Common View ◽  
Jewish Diaspora ◽  
Medieval Europe ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Spain

Circa 1000, the main occupations of the large Jewish community in Muslim Spain and of the small Jewish communities in southern Italy, France, and Germany were local trade and long-distance commerce, as well as handicrafts. A common view states that the usury ban on Christians segregated European Jews into money lending. A similar view contends that the Jews were forced to become money lenders because they were not permitted to own land, and therefore, they were banned from farming. This article offers an alternative argument which is consistent with the main features that mark the history of the Jews: the Jews in medieval Europe voluntarily selected themselves into money lending because they had the key assets for being successful players in credit markets. After providing an overview of Jewish history during 70–1492, it discusses religious norms and human capital in Jewish European history, Jews in the Talmud era, the massive transition of the Jews from farming to crafts and trade, the golden age of the Jewish diaspora (ca. 800–ca. 1250), and the legacy of Judaism.

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