The anthology is based on lectures given at an international conference on French Jewry held by the Dahan Center, Bar-Ilan University.

One hundred and seven documents from the British Foreign Office, the Colonial Office and the National Archives of the United States, published here for the first time, deal with various aspects of women's life in Morocco. Some women played an active role

Deals with the Anglican missionaries, most of whom were converts from Judaism, and the methods they used to convert Jews. Their task was facilitated by the poverty that prevailed, particularly in times of drought. The number of converts was small thanks t

A collection of 16 papers that constitute a major contribution to the study of the economic life and social development of the Jewish communities in the Mediterranean area before the Industrial Revolution.

The Minute Book of the charitable foundation, Chevrah li-Gemiluth Chasadim (''Compagnia della Carita e Morte'') is the oldest ''pinkes'' preserved in the Jewish community of Rome (1559-1586), dating only a few years after the establishment of the Ghetto.

Prize for Religious Zionist Thought, In Memory of Haim Moshe Shapira, 1982 A study of an important and unique institution in Mediterranean Jewish community life- the practice if ransoming co-religionists, who were enslaved or had been captured by Chris