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Michel Abitbol (Template:Lang-he-n; born April 14, 1943, Morocco) is an Israeli Jewish historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] He is considered an expert on the history of the Jews of North Africa.[2] He is also the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994.[3] He writes his books and monographs in French.

From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.[4]

Books

  • Témoins et Acteurs – Les Cor cos et l'histoire du Maroc contemporain, Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, (1978)
  • Tombouctou et les Arma, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1979).
  • Tombouctou au milieu du XVIIIème siècle, Union Académique Internationale, Fontes Historiae Africanae, series Arabica VII, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1982), XII+85+18pp.
  • Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord sous Vichy, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1983), 220pp. Translated to Hebrew (Ben Zvi Institute, 1985) and to English at Wayne State University Press (1989)
  • Les Deux Terres Promises – Les Juifs de France et le Sionisme (1897–1945), Paris, Olivier Orban, (1989)
  • De Crémieux à Pétain – Antisémitisme et Colonialisme en Algérie [in Hebrew],Jerusalem,Shazar Center, (1993)
  • Tujjar al-Sultan – Une élite économique judéo-marocaine au XIXème siècle Jerusalem, Ben Zvi Institute, (1994)
  • Tujjar al-Sultan – Les commerçants du Roi, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1998)
  • Le passé d'une discorde – Juifs et Arabes du VIIème siècle à nos jours, Paris, Editions Perrin, (1999)
  • Reedition: Le passé d'une discorde – Juifs et Arabes depuis le VIIème siècle, Paris, Tempus, (2003)
  • Les Amnésiques – Juifs et Arabes depuis 1967 – Perrin (2005)
  • Histore du Maroc – Perrin (2009)

References

  1. ^ "Islam in Africa and the Middle East: Studies on Conversion and Renewal". Ashgate Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ Abitbol, Michel. "Secularization in Mizrahi Jewish Life (author bio)". Secular Culture & Ideas. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. ^ Abitbol, Michel (Autumn 1998). "Research on Moroccan Jewry". Bulletin du Centre de Recherche, Jérusalem. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Michel Abitbol" (in French). bibliomonde.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.