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Acknowledgements I owe thanks to many people for helping make this dissertation possible. My first debt of gratitude is to Susan Gilson Miller, who introduced me to the study of Moroccan Jews when I was a sophomore at Harvard. I accepted Susan’s invitation to do an independent study with her, and found myself falling in love with the study of Jewish-Muslim relations. I am eternally grateful to Susan for setting me on this path, and for her enduring good counsel and friendship. At Princeton, Mark Cohen has offered excellent guidance and unflagging support. In addition to introducing me to the world of the Geniza, he has wisely encouraged me to think broadly and comparatively. Michael Cook provided a rigorous and thrilling introduction to classical Islamic sources and has read every page of this dissertation with unparalleled attention to detail. Molly Greene ensured that I was versed in Ottoman historiography and asked questions early on which have been of great help throughout. Hossein Modarressi introduced me to the study of Islamic law and generously answered a number of queries which arose in the course of writing. Andras Hamori was my guide to classical Arabic literature and assisted me in some difficult translations. I was also fortunate to study with Bernard Haykel, Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Philip Nord, Abraham Udovitch, Şükrü Hanioğlu, Shaun Marmon, Helen Tilley, and Erika Gilson. My work has been shaped by scholars of Jews in Morocco whose numbers may be small but whose influence has been boundless. I am deeply grateful to Daniel Schroeter, both for agreeing to serve as second reader and for his interest in and support of my project from a very early stage. His extensive comments greatly improved the dissertation and his enthusiasm vi
throughout the process was vital to its success. Emily Gottreich, Aomar Boum, Oren Kosansky, and Yaron Tsur have provided excellent conversation and sage advice over the years. Across the Atlantic, my colleagues in Morocco have been unflagging sources of support and knowledge. Mohammed Kenbib, Khalid Ben-Srhir, and Jamaâ Baïda encouraged me early on to pursue the study of Moroccan Jewry and generously shared their time, expertise, and frienship. Mohammed Hatmi, Karima Dirèche, Rita Aouad, and Frédéric Abécassis became valued friends and interlocutors. In Paris, I was lucky to study under the expert guidance of François Pouillon. In Jerusalem, I learned to read Maghribi Hebrew manuscripts with Yaron Ben-Naeh and was introduced to medieval Jewish history by Menahem Ben-Sasson. I am immensely grateful to the friends and colleagues who read parts of the dissertation and whose comments improved it greatly: Alexander Bevilacqua, James McDougall, David Myers, Omri Paz, Lawrence Rosen, Avi Rubin, Hilary Schor, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Daniel Stolz, Nomi Stolzenberg, Etty Terem, Lucette Valensi, Dror Ze’evi, and all the members of the Princeton Center for the Study of Religion Seminar on Religion and Culture (2010-11). Countless other colleagues and friends have helped shape my scholarship and thus this dissertation, including: Iris Agmon, Andrew Arson, Yaron Ayalon, Samir Ben-Layashi, Andrew Berns, Joel Blecher, Ra’anan Boustan, Léon Buskens, Michelle Campos, Paris Papamichos Chronakis, Hannah-Louise Clark, Jessica Delgado, Paul Fenton, Yehoshoua Frenkel, John Gager, Jonathan Gribetz, Liora Halperin, Will Hanley, Olivia Harrison, Alma Heckman, Abigail Jacobson, Sarit Kattan-Gribetz, Ethan Katz, Michael Laskier, Lital Levy, Gideon Libson, Elizabeth Marcus, Fatema Mernissi, Claudia Moatti, Aviad Moreno, Claire Nicholas, Vanessa Paloma, Leslie Peirce, Noam Pianko, Wilfrid Rollman, Eli Sacks, Josh Schreier, Uri Simonsohn, vii
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Acknowledgements<br />
I owe thanks to many people for helping make this dissertation possible. My first debt of<br />
gratitude is to Susan Gilson Miller, who introduced me to the study of Moroccan Jews when I<br />
was a sophomore at Harvard. I accepted Susan’s invitation to do an independent study with her,<br />
and found myself falling in love with the study of Jewish-Muslim relations. I am eternally<br />
grateful to Susan for setting me on this path, and for her enduring good counsel and friendship.<br />
At <strong>Princeton</strong>, Mark Cohen has offered excellent guidance and unflagging support. In<br />
addition to introducing me to the world of the Geniza, he has wisely encouraged me to think<br />
broadly and comparatively. Michael Cook provided a rigorous and thrilling introduction to<br />
classical Islamic sources and has read every page of this dissertation with unparalleled attention<br />
to detail. Molly Greene ensured that I was versed in Ottoman historiography and asked<br />
questions early on which have been of great help throughout. Hossein Modarressi introduced me<br />
to the study of Islamic law and generously answered a number of queries which arose in the<br />
course of writing. Andras Hamori was my guide to classical Arabic literature and assisted me in<br />
some difficult translations. I was also fortunate to study with Bernard Haykel, Muhammad<br />
Qasim Zaman, Philip Nord, Abraham Udovitch, Şükrü Hanioğlu, Shaun Marmon, Helen Tilley,<br />
and Erika Gilson.<br />
My work has been shaped by scholars of Jews in Morocco whose numbers may be small<br />
but whose influence has been boundless. I am deeply grateful to Daniel Schroeter, both for<br />
agreeing to serve as second reader and for his interest in and support of my project from a very<br />
early stage. His extensive comments greatly improved the dissertation and his enthusiasm<br />
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