Michel Abitbol

Michel Abitbol (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 1978–1981 and 1987–1994 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. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780860789888. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
2. ^ Abitbol, Michel. "Secularization in Mizrahi Jewish Life (author bio)". Secular Culture & Ideas. http://www.secularjewishculture.org/id184.html. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
3. ^ Abitbol, Michel (Autumn 1998). "Research on Moroccan Jewry". Bulletin du Centre de Recherche, Jérusalem. http://bcrfj.revues.org/index4082.html. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
4. ^ "Michel Abitbol" (in French). bibliomonde.com. http://www.bibliomonde.com/auteur/michel-abitbol-1706.html. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 

External links

• Hebrew University Experts Lists

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Name	Abitol, Michel
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Date of birth	April 14, 1943
Place of birth	Morocco
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