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Interview | An Israeli-Yemeni Woman Embraces the Culture She Tried for Years to Avoid

JL;DR SUMMARY Ayelet Tsabari's debut novel, "Songs for the Brokenhearted," explores the nuanced relationship of an Israeli-Yemeni woman grappling with her cultural identity. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryDiasporaCultural IdentityIsraeli LiteratureMizrahi JewsYemeni JewsWomen's EmpowermentAyelet TsabariAshkenazi NormativityMissing Children

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"When I first moved to Canada, I felt like I didnt really exist as a Jewish person. In Vancouver, when I moved there, there was hardly any Israeli community."
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"Debby Waldman is a freelance writer in Edmonton, Alberta, whose reviews have appeared in People, Publishers Weekly and Postmedia newspapers in Canada."

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