"Ask A Jew" Wednesday

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[u/lycogenesis]

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"

[u/loselyconscious → u/lycogenesis]

Many chapters in the academic anthology The Cultures of the Jews edited by David Biale

Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture by Eve Krakowski

Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza by Hoffman and Cole

One Palestine, Complete by Tom Segev

Anything written by Ella Shohat