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My father's paradise, a son's search for his Jewish past, Ariel Sabar

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My father's paradise, a son's search for his Jewish past, Ariel Sabar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-332)

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contains biographical information

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My father's paradise

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electronic resource eBook

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dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Ariel Sabar

Sub title

a son's search for his Jewish past

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 and humble peddlers 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. Yona's son Ariel grew up in Los Angeles, where Yona had become an esteemed professor, dedicating his career to preserving his people's traditions. Ariel wanted nothing to do with his father's strange immigrant heritage--until he had a son of his own

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