The Jews of Kurdistan: Daily Life, Customs, Arts and Crafts

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Author: Ora Shwartz-Be'eri

ISBN-10: 9652782386

ISBN-13: 9789652782380

Category: Jewish Folklore

Kurdish Jews, like so many Jewish populations, carried to Israel their unique, ancient culture and ways of life. Finding, collecting, identifying, and preserving Kurdish artifacts are the means of understanding this remarkable aspect of the Israeli cultural melange. The roots and traditions of Kurdish Jewry have special meaning for second- and third-generation members of the Israeli-born Kurdish community, and serve as a bridge between generations and among related communities abroad.\ The...

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Published in Israel in a Hebrew edition, this extraordinary translation brings to life the ethnic and cultural history of Kurdish Jews.