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Eyal Ginio, Dina Danon. The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History., The American Historical Review, Volume 126, Issue 2, June 2021, Pages 880–881, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhab227
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This eloquently written and expertly researched book is the outcome of Dina Danon’s work over the past decade. It reflects Danon’s original approach and scholarship. The book deals with the Jewish community of Izmir during the late Ottoman period. This is an important addition to our knowledge of this overlooked community at a time of tremendous changes about which we still know very little. The history of late Ottoman Izmir is still explored from the perspectives of its large and affluent Greek community, while other non-Muslim populations remain in the margins. Danon’s book fills that gap by including the different voices and perspectives of the local Sephardi Jewish community in all of its socioeconomic diversity. It attentively and carefully follows the different ways the members of the Jewish community attempted to cope with the changing circumstances and new forms of socialization that surrounded them, challenging traditional perceptions and modes of conduct.
