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A family of Jewish immigrants from Yemen at the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, 1948-49. (photo: Wikicommons)
‘But you’re not really Mizrahi’: Rewriting an erased identity
In the face of repeated sexual harassment and offhand racist comments by friends and acquaintances, one writer turns her anger into a reformulation of her identity. The awakening of sorts follows Amnon Levy’s Hebrew-language TV documentary series, “The Ethnic Demon.” By Naama Katiee (Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Beitarie) I’m about to finish high school, and I’m…
By Haokets September 14, 2013
Ofra Haza at a ceremony in Jerusalem, April 30, 1998 (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
The Ofra Haza enigma: How Israel’s greatest pop star is remembered
What does it say about Israeli society when 13 years after her death, Ofra Haza is best remembered for succumbing to AIDS and for a Mizrahi accent that Israelis just can’t help but mock? By Adi Keissar Some time in the 1980s, the world became divided into two camps. Either you loved Yardena Arazi or…
By Cafe Gibraltar March 23, 2013
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