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A Few Considerations on the Jews in Dobrudja Province During the Ottoman Rule
A Few Considerations on the Jews in Dobrudja Province During the Ottoman Rule

Author(s): Natalia Midvichi
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Institutul de Cercetari Eco-Muzeale Tulcea - Institutul de Istorie si Arheologie
Keywords: Dobrudja; Ottoman conquest; population structure; Jews; Dobrogea; cucerirea otomană; structura populaţiei; evrei

Summary/Abstract: For centuries the cultural diversity of Romanian Dobrudja province has made a big impression on foreigners from all over the world. In this context, the Jewish element influenced the survival of Dobrudja’s ethnic mosaic during the Ottoman rule, also contributing to the social and economic development of the province for almost four centuries. Although briefly documented, generally by travelors’ memoirs, the main Jewish communities that lived in Ottoman Dobrudja can still be singled out. However, these considerations do not exclude the Jewish diaspora’s continuity or development in other parts of the province, yet unattested.

  • Issue Year: VII/2009
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 425-432
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English