Michel Abitbol
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Michel Abitbol is an Israeli Jewish
historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
. He is considered an expert on the history of the Jews of North Africa
. He is also the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994. He writes his books and monographs in French
.
From 1978–1981 and 1987–1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
. He is considered an expert on the history of the Jews of North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
. He is also the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994. He writes his books and monographs in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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From 1978–1981 and 1987–1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
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 InternationaleUnion Académique InternationaleThe Union Académique Internationale is the oldest and largest federation of Academies having a national character and created for international cooperation...
, 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)