Jews of Kurdistan



ETHNONYMS: In Kurdistan: Hōzāyē (by the Jews themselves), Hūdāyē (by the Christians), Juhū (by the Kurds); in Israel: Kurdim.


Bibliography

Ben-Jacob, Abraham (1972). "Kurdistan." In Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 10, 1295-1301. Jerusalem: Keter.


Bois, Th. (1981). "Kurds, Kurdistan." In Encyclopedia of Islam. New ed. Vol. 5, 438-486.


Sabar, Yona (1982). The Folk Literature of the Kurdistani Jews: An Anthology. New Haven: Yale University Press.

YONA SABAR

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