LEADER 03987nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910812987103321 005 20230725060512.0 010 $a0-300-16036-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300160369 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105007 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486138 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738000 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11457935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738000 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10789988 035 $a(PQKB)10021298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420958 035 $a(DE-B1597)485743 035 $a(OCoLC)961583652 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300160369 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420958 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579357 035 $a(OCoLC)801194725 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105007 100 $a20100517d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Jews of San Nicandro$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn A. Davis 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11425-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations and Maps --$tAcknowledgements --$tIntroduction: The Prophet of San Nicandro --$t1. Manduzio's Story --$t2. Jewish Encounters --$t3. The Duce and the Pope --$t4. The Man from Milan --$t5. Persecution --$t6. Falling into the Net --$t7. A Hero Comes to Visit --$t8. A Difficult Conversion --$t9. What Next? --$t10. After Manduzio --$t11. The Promised Land --$t12. The Story's End --$tNotes --$tSources --$tIndex 330 $aNot many people know of the utterly extraordinary events that took place in a humble southern Italian town in the first half of the twentieth century-and those who do have struggled to explain them. In the late 1920's, a crippled shoemaker had a vision where God called upon him to bring the Jewish faith to this "dark corner" in the Catholic heartlands, despite his having had no prior contact with Judaism itself. By 1938, about a dozen families had converted at one of the most troubled times for Italy's Jews. The peasant community came under the watchful eyes of Mussolini's regime and the Catholic Church, but persisted in their new belief, eventually securing approval of their conversion from the rabbinical authorities, and emigrating to the newly founded State of Israel, where a community still exists today. In this first fully documented examination of the San Nicandro story, John A. Davis explains how and why these incredible events unfolded as they did. Using the converts' own accounts and a wide range of hitherto unknown sources, Davis uncovers the everyday trials and tribulations within this community, and shows how they intersected with many key contemporary issues, including national identity and popular devotional cults, Fascist and Catholic persecution, Zionist networks and postwar Jewish refugees, and the mass exodus that would bring the Mediterranean peasant world to an end. Vivid and poignant, this book draws fresh and intriguing links between the astonishing San Nicandro affair and the wider transformation of twentieth-century Europe. 606 $aJewish converts from Christianity$zItaly$zSannicandro Garganico 606 $aJews$zItaly$zSannicandro Garganico$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aConversion$xJudaism$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSannicandro Garganico (Italy)$xReligion 607 $aSannicandro Garganico (Italy)$xEthnic relations 615 0$aJewish converts from Christianity 615 0$aJews$xHistory 615 0$aConversion$xJudaism$xHistory 676 $a296.7/140945757 700 $aDavis$b John Anthony$034340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812987103321 996 $aJews of San Nicandro$9248721 997 $aUNINA