Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I HARBINGERS OF UPHEAVAL -- 1. Sadkah Houssin's Struggle for Control over the Baghdad Community -- 2. Raphael Solomon Laniado and the Struggle in Aleppo against the Inheritance of the Rabbinate -- PART II RABBIS OF THE REFORM -- 3. The Saga of Raphael Kassin: From Ḥakham Bashi in Baghdad to Reform Rabbi in Aleppo -- 4. The Baghdad Community Torn between Rabbis Samoha and Dangoor
5. Abraham Dweck Hakohen (Khalousi): The Last Ḥakham Bashi Born in Aleppo -- 6. Yitshak Abulafia's Troubled Path to Rabbinic Office in Damascus -- 7. The Appointment and Deposition of Rabbi Yitshak Abulafia -- PART III RABBIS OF THE REVOLUTION -- 8. The Appointment and Removal of Rabbi Solomon Eli'ezer Mercado Alfandari in Damascus -- 9. Jacob Danon's Appointment as Chief Rabbi of Damascus and its Consequences -- 10. Hezekiah Shabetai's Struggle against Deposition in Aleppo -- 11. The Removal of the Ḥakham Bashi of Baghdad, David Pappo, by the Young Turks -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography
Summary
A dramatic account of traditional Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire at a time when societal norms were being challenged