Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine

by Moshe Naor and Abigail Jacobson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512600067
• ISBN13: 9781512600063
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"