Oriental neighbors : Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in mandatory Palestine /
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| Author / Creator: | Jacobson, Abigail, 1973- author. |
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| Imprint: | Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2016] ©2016 |
| Description: | xiv, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Schusterman series in Israel studies Schusterman series in Israel studies. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11005394 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781512600056 1512600059 9781512600063 1512600067 |
