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As Israel was being formed in the early years of the late 1940s, 50s, and 60s the large-scale migration of Jews from Morocco and other Arab lands shaped the formation of life and culture in Israel.

Presented by the Santa Fe Distinguished Lecture Series, this lecture from Professor Shalom Sabar will examine the immigration of Moroccan Jewry and its impact on and reflection in Israeli culture till around the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Using ephemeral materials and folk visual items, we will try to understand the negative image the new immigrants, expressed in various media of the time. A pioneering cultural attempt on a grand scale to change the pejorative characterization has been the impressive exhibition on Moroccan Jewry at the Israel Museum in 1973 – the first significant “ethnic display” in Israel, which will be examined in detail.

 

ABOUT SHALOM SABAR
Professor Shalom Sabar lectures widely across Europe and the United States on Jewish and folk material culture, objects associated with the cycles of life and of the year, and ritual and custom in the Jewish communities in Europe and in Islamic lands. He is interested in the culture of Italian Jews and the Sephardic diaspora in Europe, the cultural and artistic interrelationships between the Jewish communities and their Christian and Muslim neighbors, and the image of the Jew and Hebrew writing in art.

Professor Sabar has published over 200 books and articles. He is an avid collector of Jewish art objects and Israeli ephemera and presents lectures and guides tours to Jewish sites in Europe, North Africa, India, and Central Asia.

Generously underwritten by Yehuda and Nurit Patt.