Mizrahis through Ashkenazi eyes. In this Israeli cult movie, Ephraim Kishon, a Hungarian-born Jew, successful author, columnist and film director in Israel and Germany, depicts the Israeli clash of civilizations and the encounter between Yemenite immigrants and Ashkenazi establishment, and transcribes, creates and reproduces clichés and stereotypes of Mizrahi Jews. All the leading actors are Ashkenazis, including the main role, the Yemenite new immigrant Sallah Shabati played by Ashkenazi actor Chaim Topol.
Further reading:
- Ella Shohat, Israeli Cinema: East/West and the Politics of Representation (London: I. B. Taurus, 2010)
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