Michel Abitbol

Michel Abitbol (Hebrew: מיכאל אביטבול; born 14 April 1943 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Israeli historian.

He is considered an expert on the history of Morocco and the history the Jews of North Africa.[1] In the 80s, he gave courses at Université Paris VIII and Yale University. He is currently professor and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] He is the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994.[3]

He writes his books and monographs in French.

From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.[4]

  1. ^ "Biographical note at end of Secularization in Mizrahi Jewish Life by Michel Abitbol". JBooks.com. 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Islam in Africa and the Middle East: Studies on Conversion and Renewal". Ashgate Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. ^ Abitbol, Michel (Autumn 1998). "Research on Moroccan Jewry". Bulletin du Centre de Recherche, Jérusalem. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Michel Abitbol" (in French). bibliomonde.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

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