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My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq, Ariel Sabar
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- Summary
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- "In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers, humble peddlers and rugged loggers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born." "Caught unawares by growing ethnic tensions in the Middle East after World War II, the Jews of Zakho were airlifted to the new state of Israel in the 1950s with the mass exodus of 120,000 Jews from Iraq - one of the world's largest and least-known diasporas. Almost overnight, the Kurdish Jews' exotic culture and language were doomed to extinction."
- "Populated by Kurdish chieftains, trailblazing linguists, Arab nomads, and devout believers, this intimate yet powerful book is an improbable story of tolerance and hope set in what today is the very center of the world's attention. In retelling his father's story, Ariel Sabar has found his own."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 332 p.
- Note
- " NBCC Award. Autobiography. 2008 Winner" -- Awards website
- Contents
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- A note on method
- Introduction
- Zakho
- Israel
- Aramaic
- Yale
- Father and son
- The return
- Conclusion
- Paradise lost
- Ice-blended mocha
- Saba's music
- Acknowledgements
- Isbn
- 9781565124905
- Label
- My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
- Title
- My father's paradise
- Title remainder
- a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
- Statement of responsibility
- Ariel Sabar
- Title variation
- My fathers paradise
- Title variation remainder
- a sons search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
- Subject
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- Sabar, Yona
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFather and adult son
- trueIraq -- Description and travel
- trueIslam -- Relations | Judaism
- Jews, Kurdish -- Iraq
- trueJews, Kurdish -- Israel
- trueJews, Kurdish -- United States
- trueJews, Kurdish -- Zakhu, Iraq
- trueJudaism -- Relations | Islam
- trueKurds -- Iraq
- Sabar, Ariel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers, humble peddlers and rugged loggers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born." "Caught unawares by growing ethnic tensions in the Middle East after World War II, the Jews of Zakho were airlifted to the new state of Israel in the 1950s with the mass exodus of 120,000 Jews from Iraq - one of the world's largest and least-known diasporas. Almost overnight, the Kurdish Jews' exotic culture and language were doomed to extinction."
- "Populated by Kurdish chieftains, trailblazing linguists, Arab nomads, and devout believers, this intimate yet powerful book is an improbable story of tolerance and hope set in what today is the very center of the world's attention. In retelling his father's story, Ariel Sabar has found his own."--BOOK JACKET
- Award
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, 2008.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 271799
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sabar, Ariel
- Dewey number
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sabar, Yona
- Sabar, Ariel
- Jews, Kurdish
- Jews, Kurdish
- Jews, Kurdish
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq
- Label
- My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq, Ariel Sabar
- Note
- " NBCC Award. Autobiography. 2008 Winner" -- Awards website
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-332)
- Contents
- A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Paradise lost -- Ice-blended mocha -- Saba's music -- Acknowledgements
- Control code
- 000043154737
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 332 p.
- Isbn
- 9781565124905
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- Label
- My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq, Ariel Sabar
- Note
- " NBCC Award. Autobiography. 2008 Winner" -- Awards website
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-332)
- Contents
- A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Paradise lost -- Ice-blended mocha -- Saba's music -- Acknowledgements
- Control code
- 000043154737
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 332 p.
- Isbn
- 9781565124905
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
Subject
- Sabar, Yona
- trueFamily relationships
- trueFather and adult son
- trueIraq -- Description and travel
- trueIslam -- Relations | Judaism
- Jews, Kurdish -- Iraq
- trueJews, Kurdish -- Israel
- trueJews, Kurdish -- United States
- trueJews, Kurdish -- Zakhu, Iraq
- trueJudaism -- Relations | Islam
- trueKurds -- Iraq
- Sabar, Ariel
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