[communes] and [co-operatives], but the Iraqi Jews were city moshavim people, not farmers, for the most part, and did not share the Ashkenazi ideology of the land by working the We were discriminated ‘settling land’. against by those who called us [black, in German]. Everything schwartze was a shock for us because we had grown up being told that Israel was the Garden of Eden. Still today, I feel that the of milk and is Iraq. ‘land honey’ 24. و و : و schwartze 25. The Iraqi Jews created their own community in Israel, because they had an instinct to stick together. [a neighborhood in Tel Aviv] Schunat Ha’tikva was filled with Iraqi bakers, restaurants, spice markets, fruit and vegetable markets, goldsmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, makers, the classic kubbeh Iraqi style street food vendors, musicians, café and tea houses, and all of my friends and many acquaintances from Baghdad. Doctors and father’s lawyers from Iraq mixed more with the Westerners in the wealthier parts of Israel. 25. و و و و و و
[communes] and moshavim [co-operatives], but the Iraqi Jews were city people, not farmers, for the most part, and did not share the Ashkenazi ideology of ‘settling the land by working the land’. We were discriminated against by those who called us schwartze [black, in German]. Everything was a shock for us because we had grown up being told that Israel was the Garden of Eden. Still today, I feel that the ‘land of milk and honey’ is Iraq. 24. و و و : schwartze 25. The Iraqi Jews created their own community in Israel, because they had an instinct to stick together. Schunat Ha’tikva [a neighborhood in Tel Aviv] was filled with Iraqi bakers, restaurants, spice markets, fruit and vegetable markets, goldsmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, kubbeh makers, the classic Iraqi style street food vendors, musicians, café and tea houses, and all of my father’s friends and many acquaintances from Baghdad. Doctors and lawyers from Iraq mixed more with the Westerners in the wealthier parts of Israel. 25. و و و و و و
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