num_pages: 256
description: Many of us have stereotypes of what “Jewish” looks like—and for many of us that image is white and European. Yet, with the blossoming Jewish multiculturalism movement, led by the dynamic Loolwa Khazzoom, the myth of a “monolithic Jewish community” is about to be debunked. Focusing on the experiences of Jewish women of two rich and varied regions, The Flying Camel reveals the hidden worlds of Jewish women often misunderstood or maligned by both the cultures in which they live and the European-Jewish community. Stories include one woman and her family’s flight from persecution in Libya, a writer’s exploration of the category “Arab Jew,” and a lightskinned, Moroccan-born woman trying to “pass” in order to gain acceptance among European Jews in Tehran.The life and times of Ruth of the Jungle / Ruth Knafo Setton --Feathers and hair / Farideh Dayanim Goldin --Souvenir from Libya / Gina Bublil Waldman --Vashti / Bahareh Mobasseri Rinsler --Benign ignorance or persistent resistance? / Rachel Wahba --Breaking the silence / Ella Shohat, Mira Eliezer, and Tikva Levy --Ashkenazi eyes / Julie Iny --A synagogue of one's own / Yael Arami --Reflections of an Arab Jew / Ella Shohat --In exile at home / Homa Sarshar --Home is where you make it / Kyla Wazana Tompkins --The search to belong / Caroline Smadja --Illusion in assimilation / Henriette Dahan Kalev --How the camel found its wings / Lital Levy --Secrets / Mojgan Moghadam-Rahbar --We are here and this is ours / Loolwa Khazzoom
language: English
title: The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage
titlecomplete: The Flying Camel: Essays on Identity by Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage (Live Girls Series)
genres: Religion, Gender, Nonfiction, Jewish, Feminism, Judaism, Race, Academia
ratings_count: 72
publisher: Seal Press