r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Oct 23 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/lycogenesis Anti-Zionist Oct 23 '24

Does anyone know where i could read about the historic presence of jews in the middle east? specifically the levantine region in the pre-israel era, i want to learn about their dynamic and part of their area's culture but i genuinely cant find a book that doesnt start with "muslim colonizers go brrr"

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u/Thisisme8719 Arab Jew Oct 23 '24

but i genuinely cant find a book that doesnt start with "muslim colonizers go brrr"

Where are you seeing that? Even conservative specialists generally don't push that nonsense with some exceptions here and there (obviously not counting unscholarly garbage like Lyn Julius' book).
I can give you recommendations if you're more specific with what you want, like region or era.