Title: Mountain Jews : customs and daily life in the Caucasus /
Authors: Miḳdash-Shemaʻʼilov, Leʼah; Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)
Publisher: Israel Museum,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Mountain Jews Social life and customs Exhibitions Catalogs.; Jews Caucasus Social life and customs Exhibitions Catalogs.; Mountain Jews Social life and customs Exhibitions.; Jews Caucasus Social life and customs Exhibitions.; Jews Russia (Federation) Dagestan Social life and customs Exhibitions.; Jews Azerbaijan Social life and customs Exhibitions.; Caucasus Ethnic relations.; Dagestan (Russia) Ethnic relations.; Azerbaijan Ethnic relations.
Contents: Greetings / Yair Tsaban and Yuli Edelstein -- Foreword / James S. Snyder -- Preface / Rivka Gonen -- From the Caucasus to Jerusalem / Liya Mikdash-Shamailov -- Historical and Cultural Background -- A History of the Mountain Jews / Mordechai Altshuler -- Yearning for Zion: The Immigration to Israel / Moshe Yosifov -- Language and Literature / Michael Zand -- Religion and Tradition -- Crown, Quill, and Crest: Torah Finials and Pointers in Azerbaijan and Dagestan / Ariella Amar -- The Characteristic Features of Caucasian Jewish Construction / Boris Khaimovich -- The Cycle of the Year / Liya Mikdash-Shamailov -- The Life Cycle / Liya Mikdash-Shamailov -- Beliefs and Ceremonies / Liya Mikdash-Shamailov -- Material Culture -- Daily Life in the Caucasus / Liya Mikdash-Shamailov -- Dress and Jewelry / Anatoly Binyaminov -- Jewish Motifs in Caucasian Rugs / Tyilo Khizghilov.