Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Rachel Wahba http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Mon, 20 May 2013 11:59:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 From Jewish Refugees to Dudu Tassa’s Iraq n’ Roll http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-jewish-refugees-to-dudu-tassas-iraq-n-roll/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-jewish-refugees-to-dudu-tassas-iraq-n-roll/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 18:14:35 +0000 Rachel Wahba http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=123488 My father an Egyptian Jew, and I would discuss the same issue every few years until his death in 2006. That’s a lot of years going over the same question: Why doesn’t the Israeli government use us Jews from Arab countries in their refugee equation? Why are we marginalized, not just in Israel but almost everywhere to [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-jewish-refugees-to-dudu-tassas-iraq-n-roll/feed/ 1 Running with Denial– Morsi and Egyptian Jews http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/running-with-denial-morsi-and-egyptian-jews/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/running-with-denial-morsi-and-egyptian-jews/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:04:58 +0000 Rachel Wahba http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=118144 The Egyptian government recently overran its own censors in their attempt to ban the screening of a documentary featuring Egyptian Jews who were forced to leave Egypt in the mid-fifties. Luckily, freedom and independent film making prevailed at the end of the day and “Jews of Egypt” received the necessary but late approval to be shown in [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/running-with-denial-morsi-and-egyptian-jews/feed/ 4 We were Jews in Egypt…and Iraq, and… http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-were-jews-in-egypt-and-iraq-and/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-were-jews-in-egypt-and-iraq-and/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:14:54 +0000 Rachel Wahba http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=111046 In my grandmother’s time, making what we Iraqis call silan (see-lan), a syrup, made from dates, was a daylong labor of love. She cooked and stirred and squeezed the dates dry in cheesecloth for hours. I watched how the brown juice turned into thick syrup, silan! Iraqi dates deliver the thickest syrup. The mixture in the pot glistened. [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-were-jews-in-egypt-and-iraq-and/feed/ 13 The point of no return to Egypt http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-point-of-no-return-to-egypt/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-point-of-no-return-to-egypt/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:15:12 +0000 Rachel Wahba http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101534 The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is currently the strongest political force in Egypt. Many observers believe they will remain the strongest political force for at least the near future. The comments they have made about Jews who fled their country are deeply depressing and open deep wounds that I still feel today. Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam [...]

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