01584cam a2200289 4500 1147829542 TxAuBib ||||||s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2008024811 9781565124905 1565124901 TxAuBib Sabar, Ariel. My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq / Ariel Sabar. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008. viii, 332 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-332). A note on method -- Introduction -- Zakho -- Israel -- Aramaic -- Yale -- Father and son -- The return -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Selected bibliography. My Father's Paradise is Ariel Sabar's quest to reconcile present and past. As Ariel's father, Yona, travels with him to today's postwar Iraq to find what's left of Yona's birthplace, Ariel brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family's story and discovering his own role in this sweeping saga. What he finds in the Sephardic Jews' millennia-long survival in Islamic lands is an improbable story of tolerance and hope. Sabar, Ariel. Sabar, Yona. Jews, Kurdish Iraq Zakhu. Jews, Kurdish Israel. Jews, Kurdish United States. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2008024811-d.html Publisher description