Title: What about the Jews of old Jerusalem?
Review: According to the Ottomon censuses, Jews made up the majority of Jerusalem residents in the 18th and 19th centuries. My family was part of the Morrocan Jewish community of Jerusalem, which dates back to the middle ages. This community was afflicted with discrimination, poverty and disease, but, in spite of everything survived intact until 1948. After the Jordanian takeover in the Israeli War of Independance, this community was driven out. The ancient synagogues were looted and destroyed, or occupied by squatters, as were the houses of the Jewish refugees. Jewish graves on the Mount of Olives were destroyed, the tombstones used to build roads and houses.Why is there no mention of of that important history in this book? Why is it invisible? Why do that disservice to a readership deserving of the whole story?
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