Comments on: Why Algerian Jewish Foodways?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:33:29 +0000

I agree with Zi Zaid , Berbers were christians when some Jews settled. the religious distintion remained just like with the Muslims. period.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:29:07 +0000

Intermarriage between Jews and Berber was common throughout the medieval and early modern periods” : That’s untrue.Intermarriage were not common , these Jews only mixed with Spanish Jews who arrived massively and fleeing the Wisigothic persecutions in the 7th century and fleeing the Reconquistada in 1492. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Algeria

By: Zi

Zi — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:30:14 +0000

I realize that this is not supposed to be a history of religious communities in Northern Africa, but the article does elide over the fact of a Christian presence in Northern Africa prior to Islamization (and that’s a big omission!). I also seem to remember reading somewhere that conversion to Islam in Northern Africa was complex, and while conquest played a role in the spread of the religion, so did friendly practices like trade and pilgrimage. I think it’s cool that someone’s doing work on Algerian Jewish Foodways. Sounds delicious!