02265cgm a22004453i 4500 22458505 20250607112733.9 cr ||a|||||||| 220805s2009 dcu||| | fo vleng 22458505 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg 2021688060 4530 DLC eng DLC My Father's Paradise. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-02-11. 1 online resource two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Persian Book Lecture Series Classification: Language and Literature. Classification: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion. Ariel Sabar. Recorded on 2009-02-11. Yona Sabar was born in a mud hut in the remote Kurdish region of Northern Iraq. Protected by towering mountains, the Jews of Zakho lived peacefully among Muslims and Christians for hundreds of years. But in the late 1940s, the outside world came crashing in, and Yona would be the last boy in Zakho to become a bar mitzvah. Yona's son Ariel Sabar discussed his new book, "My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq." In "My Father's Paradise," Sabar retraces his father's footsteps as part of a mass exodus of 120,000 Jews from Iraq to Israel. He brings to life the eccentric characters, extraordinary determination and fascinating historical odyssey of the Kurdish Jews. Father and son travel to today's war-torn Iraq in a quest to rediscover a forgotten land. Researchers. Biography, History. Culture, Performing Arts. Government, World Affairs. Religion. Culture, Folklife. Government, Law. War, Military. Library of Congress. Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body. Event video gdcwebcasts 090211ame1200 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.090211ame1200 gdc/webcasts persian_book_lecture_series african