Thoughts on the Third Destruction
Yehuda Nini
1971
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This entry portrays racism and xenophobia encountered by Mizrahi Jews in Israel. The text provides insight into history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote oppression of any kind.
I leaf through the commemorative albums of the settlements of Ri’shon Le-tsion, Reḥovot, Petaḥ-Tikvah, and Ḥadera. Among other things I was looking for documentary material on the establishment of the Yemenite neighborhood in Netanya—for research connected with immigration to the Land of Israel. While leafing through the albums, I found lists of…
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