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SUMMARY:Book Club - My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar
DESCRIPTION: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. \n  \nYona’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. \n  \nAriel Sabar brings to life the ancient town of Zakho\, discovering his family’s place in the sweeping saga of Middle-Eastern history. This powerful book is an improbable story of tolerance and hope set in what today is the very center of the world’s attention.
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SUMMARY:Book Club - My Father's Paradise: A Son Search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar
DESCRIPTION:CHJ BOOK GROUP \nMy Fathers Paradise: A Sons Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar\n\n   \nSaturday\, July 11th at 10:30 AM \n\n\nThe book tells the story of Yona Sabar\, a Kurdish Jew from the ancient town of Zakho in Iraq\, who grew up speaking Aramaic\, the language of Jesus\, in a community that had existed for 3\,000 years. In the 1950s\, amidst rising tensions\, Yona emigrated to Israel with thousands of other Iraqi Jews. The narrative follows his journey to becoming a professor at UCLA and his son Ariel’s\, the author\, attempt to bridge the gap between his modern American life and his father’s rapidly disappearing Kurdish heritage. It is a story of family\, memory\, the struggle to preserve a unique culture\, and the complex relationship between a father and son. \nLet bookgroup@humanisticjews.org know if you are planning to attend\, or if you want to be put onto the CHJ Book Club mailing list.
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