Baghdad, Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jew
"It is hard to overstate the beauty, originality, lucidity, gentleness, wisdom and importance ofBaghdad, Yesterday." --Ma'ariv (Israel)"The picture that emerges fromBaghdad, Yesterdayis one of closeness, cooperation, and a shared fate among the members of the city's different religions. A letter [Somekh] received from the great Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz could serve as the book's motto: 'Both our peoples knew extraordinary partnership for many years in ancient times, during the Middle Ages, and in the modern era, with...quarrels and disputes being few and far between. Unfortunately, we have documented the disputes one hundred times more than the periods of friendship and cooperation. I dream of the day when, thanks to the collaboration among us, this region will become a home overflowing with the light of learning and science, and blessed by the highest principles of heaven.'" --HaMifneh (Israel)