Abstract
In the opening scene for the TV documentary Al Tikra Li Shahor (Don’t Call Me Black)1, which explores Mizrahi discourse and representation, host Emmanuel Rosen called prominent Mizrahim in politics, media, and entertainment, asking them to be interviewed for the show. The refusal of most was overwhelming. The official explanations were “We are all Israelis,” “Don’t get the ethnic demon out,” “It was a thing of the past” (Channel Two August 9, 2008).
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Notes
Linguists consider the Mizrahi/Sephardic accent the correct Hebrew pronunciation; for further explanation, see Derek Penslar, “Broadcast Orientalism: Representation of Mizrahi Jewry in Israeli Radio, 1948–1967,” in Orientalism and the Jews, ed. Davidson Kalmar Ivan and Pensler Derek (Waltham: Brandise University Press, 2005), 181–200.
For more on the representation of Shas in the Israel press see Sara Helman and Andre Levi, “Shas in the Israeli Press,” in Shas-The Challenge of Israeliness, ed. Yoav Peled (Tel Aviv: Miskal, 2001), 390–424 (Hebrew).
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Madmoni-Gerber, S. (2009). Chapter 2 Israeli Media: History, Ownership, and the Politics of Mizrahi Representation. In: Israeli Media and the Framing of Internal Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623217_3
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