Wednesday, April 9, 2008

My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq



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In a remote and dusty corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an ancient community 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 bor... More >>

My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq

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