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My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq Hardcover – Deckle Edge, August 21, 2008

by Ariel Sabar (Author)
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In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and humble peddlers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born. 

Yona's son Ariel grew up in Los Angeles, where Yona had become an esteemed professor, dedicating his career to preserving his people’s traditions. Ariel wanted nothing to do with his father’s strange immigrant heritage—until he had a son of his own.

Ariel Sabar brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, discovering his family’s place in the sweeping saga of Middle-Eastern history. This powerful book is an improbable story of tolerance and hope set in what today is the very center of the world’s attention.


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Customers find the writing style engaging and lyrical. They describe the book as captivating and touching, with an enlightening view of Kurdish mountain Jews. The book reads like a novel, providing a profound story about human commonality. Readers appreciate the colorful reporting and conflict that dramatizes the differences.

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"This lyrical book is a true find. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Sabar tells the story of his father, a Kurdish Jew in Iraq...." Read more

"...What I found here was fascinating information about the Kurds and and especially Kurdish Jews, as well as a wonderful, sad, but triumphant story of..." Read more

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Customers find the book informative and engaging. They find it insightful and thought-provoking, providing a good understanding of the past history in the area. Readers appreciate the psychological aspects and commonalities between people from varied backgrounds. The book stimulates discussion among them.

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Customers enjoy the book's storytelling. They find the story relatable and inspiring, with a moving autobiography about several generations of the author's family. Readers describe the book as an enthralling history and remarkable memoir by a son looking back into the history of his family.

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  • Anonymous5793567
    5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
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    I read this book almost as quickly as I did the author's Veritas--could not put either book down, even when I had many other pressing things to do. It's a thoroughly captivating story of his family's Kurdish-Jewish heritage. While it could have used a bit of editing and while I wish there had been more on Aramaic itself (I may be the only reader to feel this way but I love ancient languages), it took you on a fascinating journey from the ancient to the present world. I'm going to keep an eye out for Sabar's publications and will be sure to read whatever he publishes next!
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  • A. McNamara
    4.0 out of 5 stars My Father's Paradise
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    Ariel Sabar was raised in Los Angeles, the son of an immigrant father and an upper middle class American mother. As a child, he was embarrassed by his father. Yona Sabar drove an old car, wore clothes that were, at best, unfashionable, and, in general, was confounded by modern American life. Yona was a professor of Semitic languages at UCLA; most of the parents of Ariel's classmates were in the entertainment business.

    Despite attending a Jewish day school, Jewish summer camps, and regularly visiting relatives in Israel, Ariel wanted nothing more than to escape his Jewish family and, especially, his immigrant father. He attended college in New England, and made a life for himself there. He married, and worked as a journalist for the Providence Journal and then the Baltimore Sun.

    Ariel eventually became curious about his father's past. How did this man, who was born in 1938 to a Jewish family in a tiny village in Iraqi Kurdistan, end up as a well-liked and distinguished professor at UCLA? And so begins the story of My Father's Paradise. This memoir is about the extraordinary life of Yona Sabar, but also of Ariel's personal journey to discover and honor his father.

    In 1950, shortly before the Iraqi Jews were all allowed to renounce their citizenship and emigrate to Israel, Yona became the last boy to become a Bar Mitzvah in Zakho, not far from the Turkish border. His family (then known as Sabagha) left with others of their village and were settled by the Israelis in a squalid camp in Jerusalem. They speak Aramaic, as the Kurdish Jews had for centuries. The Kurds are discriminated against in Israel, and the family finds life difficult and confusing.

    As the eldest child, Yona works his way through high school, then Hebrew University. He hopes to become a physician, but his grades are not good enough. An encounter with a professor of linguistics sets him on his life's path-to record and preserve the oral Aramaic language of his ancestors.

    This memoir is detailed, personal and moving. Yona's story is a remarkable one, a combination of serendipity, perseverance, and love of family and culture. It was not always a compelling read, but is is definitely worthwhile.
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  • Emanuela
    5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully written story
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2024
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    Very interesting and engaging reading. The love and admiration for the author’s father is very touching throughout the book. Recommended to all history loving readers
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  • Paul's Girl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Writing, Compelling Story
    Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2022
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    This lyrical book is a true find. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Sabar tells the story of his father, a Kurdish Jew in Iraq. He beautifully evokes the sense of time and place in Zakho, Iraq. The small village is so isolated that the inhabitants still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus. He delves into the Muslim/Christian/Jewish interactions in the town, the roles of men and women, and the respectful practice of faith. His retelling of his father’s immigrant experience in Israel and America is harrowing and thought provoking. What does it mean to leave everything, including your language, behind? Does the past define us? And what are the important things we decide to carry from one country to the next? Spend some time with this book. You won’t regret it.
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  • Bonnie B
    5.0 out of 5 stars Story that draws you in.
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    I loved this book because it mirrors the experiences of my children's grandparents. A touching recounting of a family history.
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  • Barbara L. Pressman
    4.0 out of 5 stars A warm, touching view into a Jewish Kurdish family
    Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023
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    The author shares his deepest feelings about his quirky, intellectual father. During Ariel’s childhood and teen years he felt embarrassed by this “out of place” man. But once the author reached adulthood, he gained respect for his dad. So much so that he felt compelled to tell his life story. The roots of the family date back centuries to a tiny community in Kurdish Iraq, Zakho. The ancient language of Aramaic was spoken in the community. In the 1950s, the family relocated to Israel. Yona, the author’s father became a world famous expert in the dying language, and made his way to the US as a scholar.
    In the book we learn about the many stories told in the oral tradition, as the older generation never learned to read or write. These stories were Yona’s memories, and that is how he developed his expertise in the language.
    I felt the book was a bit too long, and sometimes gave the reader too much information. But I enjoyed it and learned a lot. I admire the author’s honesty about his own struggles with this complicated father of his, and how in the end there was great mutual respect.
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  • P. K Sykes
    5.0 out of 5 stars I wish there were more stars to give this amazing book!
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    This was offered at a special price on Kindle. I enjoy reading about people who travel at length, or live in different places around the world, and have a special interest in the mid-east. I bought the book, thinking I was getting something like that. I am so glad I did! I am ashamed to admit that although I've traveled much of the world, I only had the vaguest idea of where the Kurds lived (somewhere in the mid-east) and who they were (those people who were gassed by Saddam.) What I found here was fascinating information about the Kurds and and especially Kurdish Jews, as well as a wonderful, sad, but triumphant story of a family. I am in awe of someone who is able to write so gracefully, beautifully, with both humor and sadness. I wish I had purchased a hard copy so that it would be easier to just pick up and thumb through and pick up some of these lovely passages!
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  • LD
    5.0 out of 5 stars I would give this book 10 stars if I could!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2024
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    One of my favorite books! I couldn’t put it down. Bought it as a gift for my sister-in-law….and I recommend it to everyone I know who likes to read.
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  • Attar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really worth reading
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2017
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    My Father’s Paradise
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    Beautifully crafted book.

    Ariel Sabar is a second generation Iraqi Kurdistani jew was born in the USA. While growing up he wasn’t sure about his parent’s cultural roots but became more interested and subsequently delved into a fascinating journey to search for his Jewish roots, culture, and ancestors.

    - Ariel adds additional evidence of the Iraqi political elite and government’s involvement in the 1941 Farhud/Farhood or pogrom inflicted upon the Jews of Iraq. Contrary to the propagated tell tales of the Farhud as simply an act of thugs and criminals on the loose, he shows less evidence of that. Iraqis Arab majority denial of the Farhud as an act of the political elite’s ideology is due to their inability to understanding that reconciliation with victims requires taking the responsibility of the criminal act to forgive oneself and to reconnect with the victims. Many Iraqis trying to crudely seduce the Jews into restoring Iraqi citizenship to them as a gesture of reconciliation rather than offering a sincere apology to feel dignified. One wonders how naive such suggestion is? The Jews of Iraq acquired Israeli citizenship and they feel safe and protected in Israel, so what entices them risking taking Iraqi citizenship again and become under the rule of an erratic and inconsistent behaviour of a not-fully-fledged democracy.

    - Arie’s dazzling description of his family’s tough conditions before and after the forced departure from Zakho their hometown in Kurdistan Iraq. The deportation of the Jews from all parts of Iraq has its place in my heart like my own family account of deportation and disposition. Ephraim, Ariel’s grandad, reminds me of my father’s hopes of witnessing the fall of tyrannical regime fading away as years passing. Ephraim and my father’s story of fading hopes of finding fragments of their past life in the new homeland is a tale of humans’ attachment regardless of past’s moments of discomfort or even pain. Ariel’ description of Ephraim’s death saddened me as much as my own father’s death.

    - Ariel’s staggering honesty and openness to convey the truth about the difficult time his dad’s family experienced in Israel at it’s inception made me feel more confident to open up to talk about my Iraqi cultural heritage in my new homeland. He talks about Israel’s imperfections beside its determination to develop further rather than attempting to portray a perfect utopian image of it. Although he was fully aware that his book will be in public domain, he reflected non-defensively, openly and deeply on Israeli society and its associated problems. In other words he was not ashamed of any of its imperfections after all we are dealing with humans and their societies. He seems to feel the pain and suffering of his family, and he tells how determined his family was while starting their new life in Israel. These images of pain, suffering and determination to survive and even excel seem to have universal bases shared by my own family’s experience of deportation and successful resettling.

    - Beautifully crafted portrayal of a family dynamics where Yano’s parents expectation of him returning to Israel and him raising a family in the USA with his wife whom he loved. When his parents started struggling financially, the guilt seeped in but nothing he could do to meet his parents desire of returning to Israel his homeland.That family dynamics is as universal as any other human quality.

    - Humane description of Ariel’s dad insecurity and at times ambivalence toward the life in USA. The forces of nostalgia to Zakho’s simple life and missing his family in Israel were strong and torn Yano deeply. I share similar sentiment, but since my retirement I see it as a matter of being content with what I achieved and feeling secure in my new homeland, rather than nostalgia to return to my country, roots and its culture of origin.

    - As for Ariel’s teens years and the battles with his father, he precisely captured the essence of the conflicts with his dad; he eloquently identifies the nature of the conflict as a normal desire of a teenager to fit in by denying his father’s roots and heritages as if they were unwanted ugly shadow trailing behind him due to the sun shining on his handsome face.

    - “He’s a person of folk, not an elitist” Nancy Ezer told Ariel describing his dad Yona. She thought this attitude originates from cultural modesty, but as someone who can identify with Yona I think her analysis could be partially true. In my view, relating to folks rather than the elite reflects his insecurity when in doubt how much of the new culture he has absorbed while living in the new homeland for decades. Yona’s culture of origin inhibits openness to express views that might be quite different or contradictory to his elite colleagues, but interacting with ordinary folk is much easier because it does not require competitive edge or being a demanding interaction. Yona said few pages later “My mood changes after I teach.....psychologically, this is an encounter where I know what to say and people listen” ....”Unlike some other kinds of social encounters, where the rules are not easy to follow”. This could prove my point of his awkwardness interacting with elite peers.

    - Ariel’s relentless search for his kidnapped baby aunt Rifqa on trips with his dad Yona and on his own gave me a sense of my own quest for the lost thing I never knew what it was? I was born in Iraq but expelled from it and it took us 3 years to get to our new homeland Britain. I showed no interest to find more about my father Iranian descents or mother unknown roots, and that probably a denial of their roots importance, but Ariel’s search intrigued me and I was glued to his book, so could his search be mine too? My search is to find the unknown loss which I never knew its essence.

    - Ariel Sabar and Marina Benjamin books have helped me to accept my Iraqi cultural roots which I always was ashamed of. His way of describing the acceptable and the unacceptable elements of Kurdistan Jewish culture enabled me to reflect on my feeling of antagonism toward my roots.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A Revelation and disturbed Sleep
    Reviewed in Australia on July 4, 2019
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    This book was a revelation and disturbed my sleep , l was unable to rest until l had reached the end . I knew nothing about the people of Zakho and very little about Aramaic. Written on a biblical scale from 2700 years ago to the present .Ariel Sabar is to be commended for writing this family history and his father , Professor Yona sabar for preserving the Aramaic language .
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  • Sandy C.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating revelation about Kurdish Jews
    Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2010
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    This book, a biography that is part history, part sociology and part the story of a young American man who takes the trouble to discover the past of his immigrant father, a professor of Aramaic at an American university. It is fascinating from the beginning to the end. The young man was a rebellious kid who never understood his father or his preoccupation with the ancient language of Aramaic (which turned out to be not so ancient after all!). His path of discovery leads him to a village in northern Iraq where his father was born. We have as well a glimpse into the characters and customs of the village, mixed with some history of the Jews and how they came to be in that remote village where Jews, Arabs and Christians had found a peaceful coexistence.

    Informative, touching, fascinating!
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  • Albert Ades
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in Canada on July 4, 2020
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