| Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine Contributor(s): Jacobson, Abigail (Author) |
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ISBN: 1512600067 ISBN-13: 9781512600063 Publisher: Brandeis University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2016017473 |
| Series: Schusterman Series in Israel Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Neighbors illuminates broad areas of cooperation and coexistence, which coincided with conflict and friction, between Oriental and Sephardi Jews and their Arab neighbors. The book brings the Oriental Jewish community to the fore, examines its role in the Zionist nation-building process, and studies its diverse and complex links with the Arab community in Palestine. |