In 1949 more than 35000 jews lived in libya but close to ninety percent had left before libya attained its independence in 1952 jewish life in muslim libya combines historical and anthropological perspectives in depicting the changing relations between muslims and jews in libya from the early nineteenth century up to the middle of the twentieth century harvey e goldberg shows that the . In 1949 more than 35000 jews lived in libya but close to ninety percent had left before libya attained its independence in 1952 jewish life in muslim libya combines historical and anthropological perspectives in depicting the changing relations between muslims and jews in libya from the early nineteenth century up to the middle of the twentieth century. Click on the article title to read more. In 1949 more than 35000 jews lived in libya but close to ninety percent had left before libya attained its independence in 1952 jewish life in muslim libya combines historical and anthropological perspectives in depicting the changing relations between muslims and jews in libya from the early nineteenth century up to the middle of the twentieth century. The community of tripoli using a variety of historical sources goldberg examines harvey e goldberg jewish life in muslim libya rivals and relatives chi cago and london university of chicago press 1990 pp x 181 13 illustrations 1 hebrew edition higgid mordecai histoire de la libye et de ses juifs lieux