My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Family's Past | 
pickI‘ve started this book SO MANY TIMES but was never able to stick with it. Today, I picked it up and literally couldn‘t put it down. It‘s probably a niche read, but the story of the last Kurdish Jews was ABSOLUTELY riveting to me. When the First Temple was destroyed in 587 BCE, a group of Jewish exiles fled to the mountains of now Iraq and remained there for the next 2500 years!!! The author‘s father was the last remaining Jew to have his👇🏽
Cinfhen Bar Mitzvah in Zahko. In 1953 Iraq threw all its Jews out of the country and many immigrated to Israel, the land they had been banished from centuries earlier. Once arriving in Israel, the Kurdish Jews found themselves shunned & ridiculed as their European counterparts found them ignorant, uneducated mountain people. 👇🏽 3y
Cinfhen Yona Saber broke the mold by becoming a linguistics scholar as he taught & reintroduce his mother tongue, Aramaic, to a new generation. This would work next month for #FoodAndLit #Israel and #ReadingAsia21 #Iraq @Butterfinger @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle (edited) 3y
Cinfhen This is also a #Pop21 #AdvancedPrompt 3y
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TrishB Great review 👍🏻 3y
Cinfhen Thanks so much @TrishB 🧡 3y
Librarybelle This sounds very impactful ❤️ 3y
BarbaraBB Fab review! 3y
Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle I‘m not sure this book would appeal to everyone but the history was enthralling for me. 3y
Butterfinger I want to read this badly because of your wonderful review. 3y
Cinfhen Awwww, thank you @Butterfinger 😊that‘s a lovely compliment 3y
