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Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah

Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah (PhD Leiden 2019) is a post-doctoral fellow at the Leiden University Center for the Study of Religion. Her research interests include transnational Jewish solidarity movements and the modern history of Jews in the Arab World. Her PhD thesis, "Baghdadi Jewish Networks in Hashemite Iraq: Jewish Transnationalism in the Age of Nationalism" dealt with Baghdadi participation in Jewish philanthropic networks in the first half of the twentieth century. Her current research project "Global Jewish Philanthropy: Partners in Solidarity 1918-1948“ considers the importance of philanthropic networks in identity constructions among Middle Eastern and North African Jewry. Her recent publications include "Censorship and the Jews of Baghdad: Reading between the lines in the case of E. Levy", The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 2016, 7:3, 283-300 and "Jewish Education in Baghdad: Communal Space vs. Public Space," in S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah and H.L. Murre-van den Berg (eds), Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere (Leiden: Brill, 2016).

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Many would argue that Middle Eastern and North African Jewish culture is having a moment. Dishes like sabiḥ and shakshuka are gracing menus around the globe and musicians like Dudu Tassa and Riff Cohen are gaining praise for their fresh takes on traditional Middle Eastern and North African sounds. Many Ashkenazi Jews don’t bat an…

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Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah

Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah (PhD Leiden 2019) is a post-doctoral fellow at the Leiden University Center for the Study of Religion. Her research interests include transnational Jewish solidarity movements and the modern history of Jews in the Arab World. Her PhD thesis, "Baghdadi Jewish Networks in Hashemite Iraq: Jewish Transnationalism in the Age of Nationalism" dealt with Baghdadi participation in Jewish philanthropic networks in the first half of the twentieth century. Her current research project "Global Jewish Philanthropy: Partners in Solidarity 1918-1948“ considers the importance of philanthropic networks in identity constructions among Middle Eastern and North African Jewry. Her recent publications include "Censorship and the Jews of Baghdad: Reading between the lines in the case of E. Levy", The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 2016, 7:3, 283-300 and "Jewish Education in Baghdad: Communal Space vs. Public Space," in S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah and H.L. Murre-van den Berg (eds), Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere (Leiden: Brill, 2016).

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