My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past

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In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for almost three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Most commonly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and humble peddlers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors within the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was once born. Yona’s son Ariel grew up in Los Angeles, where Yona had transform an esteemed professor, dedicating his career to preserving his people’s traditions. Ariel wanted nothing to do together with his father’s peculiar immigrant heritage-until he had a son of his own.Ariel Sabar brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, discovering his circle of relatives’s place within the sweeping saga of Middle-Eastern history. This powerful book is an unbelievable story of tolerance and hope set in what these days is the very center of the world’s attention.

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