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Berber Bracelet
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2021/045:002
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Berber Bracelet
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Berber bracelet given to Sylvia Hazan from her grandmother when she was a little girl. Sylvia Hazan, nee Amar was born in Marrakech, Morocco to Meir Amar and Perla Elkeslassy. Her fathers family were Berbers or Amazighs and trace their roots back centuries in Morocco. On her mothers side, the family was from Egypt. Sylvia was married in 1961 and has three children. As a result of rising antisemitism, the family left Morocco for Australia in 1973.
Contact between western Berbers and Judaism was likely following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE but Jews had settled in North Africa from the 6th century BCE. It is unknown whether Jewish Berbers are descended from these Israelites or if Berber clans became Jewish through conversion, but these communities reflect the assimilation of Jews into their host countries.
Sylvia was interviewed for the Jews of Islamic Lands exhibition in 2019.
Contact between western Berbers and Judaism was likely following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE but Jews had settled in North Africa from the 6th century BCE. It is unknown whether Jewish Berbers are descended from these Israelites or if Berber clans became Jewish through conversion, but these communities reflect the assimilation of Jews into their host countries.
Sylvia was interviewed for the Jews of Islamic Lands exhibition in 2019.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Morocco
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Sephardi Jewry, Sephardi silver, Berbers
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]jewellery
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]metal
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Sylvia Hazan
In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.