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“Jacobson and Naor assert that what united the Mizrahi Jews during this period “was their deep confidence that they could serve as mediators between Jews and Arabs.” One of the factors was their fluency in Arabic. . . . The shared langua
Winner of the Shapiro Prize for best book of 2016
Focusing on Oriental Jews and their relations with their Arab neighbors in Mandatory Palestine, this book analyzes the meaning of the hybrid Arab-Jewish identity that existed among Oriental Jews, and discusses their unique role as political, social, and cultural mediators between Jews and Arabs. Integrating Mandatory Palestine and its inhabitants into the contemporary Semitic-Levantine surroundings, Oriental...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine (The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies) | Abigail Jacobson, Moshe Naor. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
